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Title: The new book of the dog; a comprehensive natural history of British dogs and their foreign relatives, with chapters on law, breeding, kennel management, and veterinary treatment
Identifier: cu31924001170848 (find matches)
Year: 1907 (1900s)
Authors: Leighton, Robert, 1859-
Subjects: Dogs
Publisher: London, Paris, New York, Toronto & Melbourne, Cassell and Company, Limited
Contributing Library: Cornell University Library
Digitizing Sponsor: MSN

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THE SMOOTH FOX-TERRIER. 339 5. Hindquarters.—Should be strong and mus- cular, quite free from droop or crouch ; the thighs long and powerful ; hocks near the ground, the dog standing well up on them like a Fox-hound, and not straight in the stifle. 6. Stern.—Should be set on rather high, and carried gailj', but not over the back or curled. As regards Colour, white should predominate ; brindle, red, or liver markings are objectionable. Otherwise this point is of little or no importance. 9. Symmetry, Size, and Character.—The dog must present a general gay, lively, and active ap- pearance ; bone and strength in a small compass are essentials ; but this must not be taken to mean DALBY. DAME DALBY. DIVORCEE.
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CHAMPION DOMINIE. CHAMPION DONNA FORTUNA. THE TOTTERIDGE ELEVEN, 1898. From the painting by ARTHUR WARDLE. CHAMPION DAME FORTUNE. DONINGTON, DIAMOND COUNT. CHAMPION D'ORSAY. It should be of good strength, anything approach- ing a " pipe-stopper " tail being especially objec- tionable. 7. Legs and Feet.—The Legs viewed in any direction must be straight, showing Uttle or no appearance of an ankle in front. They should be strong in bone throughout, short and straight to pastern. Both fore- and hind-legs should be carried straight forward in travelling, the stifles not turned outwards. The elbows should hang perpendicular to the body, working free of the side. The Feet should be round, compact, and not large. The soles hard and tough. The toes moderately arched, and turned neither in nor out. 3. Coat.—Should be straight, flat, smooth, hard, dense, and abundant. The belly and under side of the thijThs should not be bare. that a Fox-terrier should be cloggy, or in any way coarse—speed and endurance must be looked to as well as power, and the symmetry of the Fox- hound taken as a model. The terrier, like the hound, must on no account be leggy, nor must he be too short in the leg. He should stand like a cleverly-made hunter, covering a lot of ground, yet with a short back, as before stated. He will then attain the highest degree of propelling power^ together with the greatest length of stride that is compatible with the length of his bod5^ Weight is not a certain criterion of a terrier's htness for his work—general shape, size and contour arc the main points ; and if a dog can gallop and stay, and follow his fox up a drain, it matters little what his weight is to a pound or so, though, roughly speaking, it may be said he should not scale over twxnty pounds in show condition.

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