420 The Management and Diseases of the Dog. 
Shoulders.—Not loaded or heavy. 
Chest.—Deep and narrow. 
Fore-legs.—Straight as gun barrels, with plenty of bone. 
Feet.—Well drawn together ; small, with a good pad underneath. 
Body.—Short ; ribs well sprung and rounded; loin strong; 
hams and second thighs must be full, powerful, and muscular. 
Tail.—Docked ; set on moderately high, and carried nearly erect. 
Coat.-—Very strong, dense, and wiry, laying well to the body. 
Colour.—Tark badger grizzle on back and neck; thighs, legs, 
head, chest, and ears a deep tan. Teeth must be perfectly level 
and white ; nose black. 
Action.—Free and showy, as if always on the alert and never tired. 
When Airedale terriers proper are born, they resemble the 
smooth black-and-tan terrier in coat and colour, having a black, 
glossy, smooth coat, and tanned legs, with dark heads, and during 
their growth from puppyhood to fully-developed adult dogs their 
coats and colour undergo as radical a change as their limbs and 
body, the black colour leaving the heads and giving place to a 
deep tan, and the hair on the back getting stronger, longer, and 
more dense. 
BASSET-HOUND. 
I give the description by Mr. G. R. Krehl, which has hitherto 
been accepted by the Basset Club. It is as follows :— 
Points oF BassET-Hounp (SMooTH). 
Head, skull, eyes, muzzle, and flews . value 15 
Ears . . . 15 
Neck, dewlap, chess and iouders 
» 10 
Forelegs and feet ie ES 
Back, loins, and hind- quienes : xy FO 
Stern . ‘ . F : : Sen a 
Coat and skin : : : ; : » 10 
Colour and markings we 15 
“Basset character’ and spinmnetey : oe 5 
Total . 100 
1.—To begin with the head as the most distinguishing part of 
all breeds. The head of the Basset-Hound is most perfect when 
