The Black and Tan Terrier 463 



coat is not long and it is decidedly short on the legs and under parts of the 

 body. Still, they have pretty hard winters up Ottawa way, where they 

 have more and better specimens of the breed than anywhere else in the 

 country, and if they thrive there they should do so at any place on the con- 

 tinent where show dogs are kept. 



Head, symmetry and colour are the essential properties in this breed, 

 hence they dominate the points when it comes to the distributing of 

 values in the standard. 



Descriptive Particulars 



Head. — Long, flat and narrow, level and wedge-shaped, without show- 

 ing cheek muscles; well filled up under the eyes, with tapering, tightly 

 lipped jaws and level teeth. 



Eyes. — ^Very small, sparkling and dark, set fairly close together, and 

 oblong in shape. 



Nose. — Black. 



Ears. — [The English description necessarily deals with uncropped 

 ears, but there has never been any official change from that of the original 

 black and tan terrier club standard. As we still have these terriers cropped 

 in this country, it is only necessary to say that the fashion is to have as long 

 a crop and carried up to as fine a point as possible. — Ed.] 



Neck and shoulders. — ^The neck should be fairly long and tapering 

 from the shoulders to the head, with sloping shoulders, the neck being 

 free from throatiness and slightly arched at the occiput. 



Chest. — ^Narrow, but deep. 



Body. — Moderately short, but curving upwards at the loin; ribs well 

 sprung; back slightly arched at the loin, and falling again at the joining 

 of the tail to the same height as at the shoulder. 



Legs. — Must be quite straight, set on well under the dog, and of fair 

 length. 



Feet. — More inclined to be cat- than hare-footed. 



Tail. — Moderate length, and set on where the arch of the back ends; 

 thick where it joins the body, tapering to a point and not carried higher 

 than the back. 



Coat. — Close, smooth, short and glossy. 



Colour. — Jet black and rich mahogany tan, distributed over the body 



