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invincible), W. Speed, J. Smithson, Junior ; 
J. S. Smithson, W. Pendlebury, and Major 
Brine, the latter of whom has, after years 
of difficult labour, compiled a stud-book 
giving, as far as possible, the names and 
pedigrees of all terriers known to have 
existed. 
In Canada and the United States, Miss 
Beardmore, Major Carnochan, the Misses 
de Coppett, Mr. Franklyn Lord, Mr. F. G. 
Lloyd, and Mr. Ben S. Smith (the Hon. 
Secretary of the Welsh Terrier Club of 
America), have all rendered yeoman service 
to the breed, and own some excellent 
representatives of it. 
On the formation of the Welsh Terrier 
Club in 1885, a standard of perfection was 
drawn up and circulated with the club 
rules. This standard has remained un- 
changed up to the present day, and is as 
follows :— 
1. Head.—The skull should be flat and rather 
wider between the ears than the wire hair Fox- 
terrier. The jaw should be powerful, clean cut, 
rather deeper and more punishing—giving the 
head a more masculine appearance—than that 
usually seen in a Fox-terrier. The stop not too 
defined, fair length from stop to end of nose, 
the latter being of a black colour. 
2. Ears.—The ears should be V-shaped, small, 
not too thin, set on fairly high, carried forward, 
and close to the cheek. 
3. Eyes.—The eyes should be small, not being 
too deeply set in or protruding out of skull, of a 
dark hazel colour, expressive and indicating 
abundant pluck. 
4. Neck.—The neck should be of moderate 
length and thickness, slightly arched and sloping 
gracefully into the shoulders. 
5. Body.—The back should be short and well 
ribbed up, the loin strong, good depth, and 
moderate width of chest. The shoulders should 
be long, sloping and well set back. The hind- 
quarters should be strong, thighs muscular and of 
good length, with the hocks moderately straight, 
well set down and fair amount of bone. The stern 
should be set on moderately high, but not too 
gaily carried. 
6. Legs and Feet.—The legs should be straight 
and muscular, possessing fair amount of bone 
with upright and powerful pasterns. The feet 
should be small, round and catlike. 
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7. Coat.—The coat should be wiry, hard, very 
close and abundant. 
8. Colour.—The colour should be black and tan 
or black grizzle and tan, free from black pencilling 
on toes. 
9. Size.—The ‘height at shoulders should be 
15 inches for dogs, bitches proportionately less. 
Twenty pounds shall be considered a fair average 
weight in working condition, but this may vary a 
pound or so either way. 
There was no standard beyond this until 
the year 1905, it evidently not being thought 
necessary to have a standard of points as 
nearly all other breeds had. However, at 
the Birmingham general meeting of the 
club in that year, a points standard, 
which had been previously considered and 
drafted by a specially appointed committee, 
was, after mature consideration, adopted, and 
is as follows :— 
Points Standard. 
Head and jaws . f : - 10 
Ears . 5 ‘ ‘ a : 5 
Eye . . 2 Fe ‘ 5 
Neck and shoulders. 7 - 10 
Body . ; ‘ ‘ ‘ ° 10 
Loins and hindquarters i - 10 
Legs and feet . % a - 10 
Coat . 7 : . . ~ 15 
Colour 3 é : 7 5 
Stern . % : : ‘ 5 5 
General appearance. é - 15 
Total 100 
Disqualifying Points. 
1. Nose white, cherry, or spotted to a consider- 
able extent with either of these colours. 
2. Ears prick, tulip, or rose. 
3. Undershot jaw or pig jawed mouth. 
4. Black below hocks or white anywhere to any 
appreciable extent, black pencilling on toes. 
This standard was very carefully drawn 
up with a view to appraising fairly the differ- 
ent parts of the dog, and not, as is the case 
in some such standards, to value too highly 
fancy and other points at the expense of 
parts of the dog entitled in reality to just 
as much recognition. It is believed to be 
the best appraisement of a wire-hair terrier 
yet drawn up. 
