94 DOMESTICATED DOGS. 



The portrait drawn for me by Mr. Wells in 1848 is a very 

 good one, with the exception of the face, which is not quite 

 characteristic about the jaw ; but I possess a coloured lithograph, 

 published nearly forty years ago, of the Scotch terrier of that 

 day, which exactly represents " Peto's " head, and, barring the ears 

 and the colour, which was black and tan in both, would pass 

 muster for the head of an Irish terrier of the year 1879. 



As this dog has never in the present day a class allotted to 

 him, no scale of points has been drawn up, and it would be 

 useless to do so as long as he is practically extinct. 



XIII.— THE IRISH TERRIER. 



For a long time I resisted the strong applications of several 

 Irish friends to admit this dog as a breed distinct from the old 

 Scotch terrier, to which I have just alluded. As, however, I 

 find it, without doubt, highly valued in Ireland, and as it is 

 really a well-shaped and useful-looking animal, I was at last 

 induced to allow of his occupying a niche in the canine temple of 

 fame, and to accept the scale of points, with their description, 

 drawn up by a committee of Irish breeders of this dog, and 

 signed by them. I do not quite agree with the numerical scale 

 of points, as I see no reason for attaching more value to the 

 head of this dog than to that of the fox-terrier ; but as I hold the 

 committee responsible, and keep clear of all responsibility on the 

 subject, I think it better to insert their scale and description as 

 received from them. 



Mr. E. G. Ridgway of Waterford, as chairman of the above 

 committee, has been most prominent in the above undertaking, 

 and as he has been backed by two dozen Irish breeders and 

 exhibitors, such unanimity may claim our adhesion, for, I believe 



