(From Modern Dogs.)
Origin.—Supposed both by conformation and color to have sprung from the Dandie Dinmont and otter-hound. The breed is not an old one, by any means.
Uses.—A gamy vermin-dog.
* No scale of points adopted.
Head.—Skull narrow, deep, and rounded, high at occiput; covered with silky tuft or topknot. Jaw long, tapering, sharp, and muscular; little or no stop; lips close-fitting, and no flew. Eyes small and deep set. The blues should have dark eyes; blue and tans, dark, with amber shade; livers, sandies, etc., light brown. Nose small. Blues, and blue and tans, have black noses; livers and sandies, flesh-colored. Teeth level. Ears moderately large, filbert-shaped; carried well forward; flat to cheek; thinly covered, and tipped with fine, silky hair.
Legs.—Of moderate length, not wide apart, straight, with good-sized, rather long foot.
Tail.—Thick at root, tapering; slightly feathered; 9 to 11 inches long, and scimitar-shaped.
Neck and Shoulders.—Neck long, deep at base, and rising well from shoulders, which should be flat.
Body.—Long, flat-ribbed, deep, not wide in chest; slightly arched back, well ribbed; light quarters.
Coat.—Hard, with close bottom, and not lying flat to sides.
Color.—Dark blue, blue and tan, liver, liver and tan, sandy, and sandy and tan.
Height.—Fifteen to sixteen inches.
Weight.—Fifteen to twenty-five pounds.