. The dogs of Great Britain, America, and [other] countries : their breeding, training, and management in health and disease,comprising all the essential parts of the two standard works on the dog. Dogs. THE BULL TERRIER. 169 his coat will not suffer him to remain in so long,—^hunt with the spaniel, and fight " till all's ; For thorough gameness, united with obedience, good temper, and intelligence, be surpasses any breed in existence. The points of the bull-terrier vary in accordance with the de- gree of each strain in the specimen examined. There should not be either the proje


. The dogs of Great Britain, America, and [other] countries : their breeding, training, and management in health and disease,comprising all the essential parts of the two standard works on the dog. Dogs. THE BULL TERRIER. 169 his coat will not suffer him to remain in so long,—^hunt with the spaniel, and fight " till all's ; For thorough gameness, united with obedience, good temper, and intelligence, be surpasses any breed in existence. The points of the bull-terrier vary in accordance with the de- gree of each strain in the specimen examined. There should not be either the projection of the under jaw, or the crooked fore legs, or the small and weak hind-quarters; and until these are lost or ifIt"'l''*''l''''''^'''ll'*V''ff5M'v. Fig. 38.—BUI>L TEBKIER, TARQUIN. nearly so, the crossing should be continued on the terrier side. The perfect bull-terrier may, therefore, be defined as the terrier with as much bull as can be combined with the absence of the above points, and showing the full head (not of course equal to that of the bull), the strong jaw, the well-developed chest, power- ful shoulders, and thin fine tail of the bull-dog, accompanied by the light neck, active frame, strong loin, and fuller proportions of the hind-quarter of the terrier. A dog of this kind should be ca- 8. Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original Walsh, John Henry, 1810-1888. New York : Orange Judd


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