backward in a curve.  When raised, a prolongation of the incline of the back, and not rising higher nor curling up.  LEGS—­Short, straight, and muscular.  No dew claws, the feet large and pointing forward.  COAT (DOUBLE)—­An under, short, close, soft, and woolly.  An over, long, averaging 5-1/2 inches, hard, straight, flat, and free from crimp or curl.  Hair on head, shorter, softer, and veiling the forehead and eyes; on the ears, overhanging inside, falling down and mingling with the side locks, not heavily, but surrounding the ear like a fringe, and allowing its shape to appear.  Tail also gracefully feathered.  COLOUR (ANY VARIETY)—­Dark or light blue or grey, or fawn with black points.  Shade of head and legs approximating that of body.

1.  AVERAGE MEASUREMENTS:  DOG—­Height at shoulder, 9 inches.  Length, back of skull to root of tail, 22-1/2 inches; muzzle to back of skull, 8-1/2 inches; root of tail to tip joint, 9 inches.  Total length, 40 inches.  BITCH—­Half an inch lower, and 2-1/2 inches shorter than dog, all points proportional; thus, body, 21 inches; head, 8 inches; and tail, 8-1/2 inches.  Total, 37-1/2 inches.

2.  AVERAGE WEIGHT:  DOG—­18 lb.; bitch, 16 lb.  No dog should be over 20 lb., nor under 16 lb.; and no bitch should be over 18 lb., nor under 14 lb.

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Whereas the Scottish Club limits the approved length of coat to 5-1/2 inches, the English Club gives a maximum of 9 inches.  This is a fairly good allowance, but many of the breed carry a much longer coat than this.  It is not uncommon, indeed, to find a Skye with a covering of 12 inches in length, which, even allowing for the round of the body, causes the hair to reach and often to trail upon the ground.

The Clydesdale may be described as an anomaly.  He stands as it were upon a pedestal of his own; and unlike other Scotch terriers he is classified as non-sporting.  Perhaps his marvellously fine and silky coat precludes him from the rough work of hunting after vermin, though it is certain his game-like instincts would naturally lead him to do so.  Of all the Scottish dogs he is perhaps the smallest; his weight seldom exceeding 18 lb.  He is thus described by the Skye Terrier Club of Scotland:—­

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GENERAL APPEARANCE—­A long, low, level dog, with heavily fringed erect ears, and a long coat like the finest silk or spun glass, which hangs quite straight and evenly down each side, from a parting extending from the nose to the root of the tail.  HEAD—­Fairly long, skull flat and very narrow between the ears, gradually widening towards the eyes and tapering very slightly to the nose, which must be black.  The jaws strong and the teeth level.  EYES—­Medium in size, dark in colour, not prominent, but having a sharp, terrier-like expression, eyelids black.  EARS—­Small, set very high on the top of the head, carried perfectly erect, and covered with