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breed by the public at large. Still, as a house dog pure and 

 simple, he is not to be surpassed, being clean in his habits, free 

 from skin smell (though he is apt to have foul breath if not care- 

 fully fed), and easily taught tricks ; but, on the other hand, he is 

 apt to be jealous of all rivals, whether canine or human, and is 

 not very particular in his attacks on his foes, whether he does 

 injury with his teeth or not. His bark also is shrill and loud, 

 and not very readily stopped, occasioning some considerable 

 annoyance to -visitors entering the room where he is. It niay, 

 therefore, be gathered that, in my opinion, the Manchester and 

 white English terriers are not such desirable companions as 

 several of the breeds which have supplanted them. 



I am not now alluding to the toy black and tan terrier, which 

 will be described in his proper place, though it cannot be dis- 

 puted that he is only a Manchester terrier reduced in size. The 

 subject of these remarks is a dog of about the same weight as the 

 fox-terrier, ranging usually from 10 or 12 lbs. up to 18 lbs., or 

 a trifle more. 



The points of the black and tan terrier are as follows : — 



Head, . 



Jaws and teeth, 



Eyes, . 



Ears, . 



Neck and shoulders, 



Chest, . 



Loin, . 



Total, 100 



The head has a narrow, long, and flat skull, with marked 

 brows, but no great rise at that part. It gradually tapers from 

 the ears to the nose. The skin covering it is tightly drawn over 

 the bones, and shows no tendency to wrinkle. 



4LUE 



5 



Legs, . 



5 



Feet, 



5 



Coat, . 



5 



Colour 



10 



Tail, . 



10 



Symmetry, 



10 





