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the same advantage as to colour when the dog’s services 
are required for rabbit-hunting. Smooth terriers may be 
found of other colours—yellow, yellow and white, hound- 
pied, black, or fawn. A beautiful blue or blue-fawn 
variety exists, said to be crossed with the Italian grey- 
hound. Brindle colour is a sign of bulldog cross. Coat . 
and colour, 10; symmetry, as in the bull terrier, 10. 
Whether coloured or white, his coat should be smooth yet 
hard, and he should be perfectly free from the very least 
roughness, or anything approaching coarseness of coat, 
about his muzzle, eyebrows, thighs, or any part of his 
profile. ; 
The Black and Tan English Terrier should 
have a long fine muzzle, not underhung, but, if anything, 
the upper jaw projecting over the lower. _The skull should 
be flat and narrow between the ears ; the eye must be small 
‘and black ; the nose black ; the ears, if not left on, must 
be well cropped, erect, and long ; if entire, they should 
be small, not tuliped, and free from any tan behind. The 
rieck tapering, muscular, and weil cut under the lower jaw. 
The shoulders deep and well set back. The loins strong, 
ribs round, and the back ribs deep, the body well knit to- 
gether. ‘The legs straight, the feet roundandsmall. The 
tail must be fine, carried straight, and not curled. The 
colour, which is a principal point, must be raven black, 
with rich mahogany tan, well pencilled on each toe; the 
tan should be clear, and free from any admixture of black. 
Above the eyes there should be a distinct spot of tan. 
The body should be black, with a rich tan on the fore-legs 
half-way up them. The breast should have two. distinct 
marks of tan. The jaw should also be well tanned up the 
gullet, and the cheek divided, having a small tan spot a 
little less than that over the eyes. The upper jaw should 
also be nicely tanned, and run in conformity with the tan- 
ning on the lower jaw. The hind legs should be perfectly 
free from tan on the outside, but on the inside there should 
be some tan. The vent should have a small tan spot, and 
there should also be tan half-way up the tail. 
The weight varies from to lbs. to 25 lbs. : 
The points: Colour, coat, and correct markings, 49 ; 
