The Welsh Terrier 519 



Neck. — ^The neck should be clean and muscular, without throatiness, 

 of fair length and gradually widening to the shoulders. 



Shoulders. — ^The shoulders should be long and sloping, well laid back, 

 fine at the points and clearly cut at the withers. The chest should not be 

 broad, but should show good depth of brisket. 



Back. — ^The back should be short, straight and strong, with no appear- 

 ance of slackness. The loin should be powerful and slightly arched. 

 The fore ribs should be moderately arched, the back ribs deep and the dog 

 should be well ribbed up. 



Hind-quarters. — Should be strong and muscular, quite free from 

 droop or crouch; the thighs long and powerful; hocks near the ground, the 

 dog standing well upon them and not straight in the stifle. 



Stern. — Should be set on moderately high, but no too gayly carried. 



Legs. — ^Viewed in any direction, the legs must be straight, showing 

 little or no appearance of an ankle in front. They should be strong in bone 

 throughout, shorthand straight to the pastern. Both fore and hind legs should 

 be carried straight forward in travelling, the stifles not turned outward. 

 The feet should be round, compact and not large. The soles should be 

 hard and tough, with toes moderately arched and turned neither in nor out. 



Coat. — ^The harder and more wiry the texture of the coat the better. 

 On no account should the dog look or feel wooly, and there should be no 

 silky hair about the poll or elsewhere. The coat should not be too long, 

 so as to give the dog a shaggy appearance. 



Colour. — ^The colour should be black and tan, or black, grizzle and 

 tan. The best colour is all tan head, all tan legs and jet black body. The 

 light, washed-out tan is objectionable and should handicap. White, in 

 small quantities on the chest or on the tips of the toes of the hind feet, does 

 not handicap. A large white spot on the chest, white on the front feet or 

 white on the hind feet or elsewhere should severely handicap. Black 

 below the hocks must disqualify. Black pencilling on the toes should 

 severely handicap. 



Size. — ^The height at the shoulders should be about sixteen inches. 

 The dog must on no account be leggy nor must he be too short in the leg. 

 Weight must not be taken too much into account. Twenty-two pounds 

 should be considered a fair average weight in working condition, but this 

 may vary a pound or two either way, although dogs over twenty-four pounds 

 weight are not desirable. 



