Sporting Dogs: Their Points and Management in Health and DiseaseBarton, Frank Townend
Science
Sporting Dogs: Their Points and Management in Health and Disease
Barton, Frank Townend
Dogs
The teeth should be as nearly as possible level, I.E., the upper teeth
on the outside of the lower teeth.
_Neck_ (value 5).--The neck should be clean and muscular, without
throatiness, of fair length, and gradually widening to the shoulders.
[Illustration: SMOOTH FOX TERRIER CHAMPION CYMRO QUEEN (Property of Mr
A. JOWETT).]
[Illustration: MISS LEWIS'S WIRE-HAIRED FOX TERRIER CHAMPION DONINGTON
VENTURE.]
[Illustration: MR SCOTT'S SMOOTH FOX TERRIER MILLGATE BANDIT.]
_Shoulders and Chest_ (value 10).--The shoulders should be long and
sloping, well laid back, fine at the points, and clearly cut at the
withers.
The chest deep and not broad.
_Back and Loin_ (value 10).--The back should be short, straight, and
strong, with no appearance of slackness.
The loin should be powerful and very slightly arched. The fore-ribs
moderately arched, the back-ribs deep, and the dog well ribbed up.
_Hind-quarters_ (value 15).--Should be strong and muscular, quite
free from droop or crouch; the thighs long and powerful; hocks near
the ground, the dog standing well up on them like a Foxhound, and not
straight in the stifle.
_Stern_ (value 5).--Should be set on rather high and carried gaily, but
not over the back or curled. It should be of good strength, anything
approaching a "pipe-stopper" tail being especially objectionable.
_Legs and Feet_ (value 15).--The legs viewed in any direction must
be straight, showing little 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 sides. The feet should
be round, compact, and not large, the soles hard and tough, the toes
moderately arched, and turned neither in nor out.
_Coat_ (value 10).--Should be straight, flat, smooth, hard, dense, and
abundant. The belly and under side of the thighs should not be bare.
As regards colour, white should predominate, brindle red, or liver
markings are objectionable. Otherwise this point is of little or no
importance.
Public-domain text, read in full here on John Shaqi.
Reviews
Reviews
No reviews yet
Be the first to share your thoughts on this work.
Elsewhere in the archive
Join the Discussion
Join the discussion
Sign in to leave a comment or review.
Sign InorCreate an account