96 DOMESTICATED DOGS. 



Teeth perfectly level and even. 



Neck and chest. — Neck tolerably long and well arched. Chest 

 muscular, and rather deep, hut not wide. 



Bach, loin, and general shape. — Back moderately long and 

 strong, with ribs well sprung. Loin strong, and well knit to the 

 hack and couples. General shape symmetrical. 



Legs and feet. — Legs moderately long, with plenty of both bone 

 and muscle. Fore-legs well set into the shoulders, and perfectly 

 straight. Hind-legs strong and rather straight at the stifles. 

 Legs all round covered with short hair, not quite so long as that 

 on the body. Feet strong, moderately round, but with toes well 

 split, and by preference with black toe-nails. 



Colour and coat- — The colour most desired is red, the brighter 

 the better, next to which comes wheaten or yellow, then grey. 

 Brindle is considered bad, as indicating a bull-cross. The coat 

 must be hard, rough, and wiry, without any curl. If shaggy, 

 soft, or silky, an impure cross is to be strongly suspected. The 

 tail, if uncut, curves gaily, but without any ring. There should 

 be no bushiness or feather. Weight from 1 7 lbs. to 2 5 lbs. 



XIV.— THE SKYE TERRIER. 



Few breeds have excited more controversy during the last 

 twenty years than the Skye terrier. In the year i860 I judged 

 the tenders at Birmingham, and in a Scotch class, for which none 

 of that breed were exhibited, I gave the first prize to a very 

 beautiful white dog of the Hon. W. W. Vernon's, and the second 

 to a dog imported by Major Irving, with a coat as curly and 

 woolly as any Southdown sheep. Hereupon a controversy arose 

 at the dinner-table, Major Irving alleging that his dog actually 

 came from Skye, whereas Mr. Vernon did not claim more than 



