The Cairn Terrier Handbook (1957) /Caspersz

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It would seem that the Standard ought to be the fulcrum in a discussion of balance. For this reason, the words of T. W. L. Caspersz may help the discussion along. Rev. Caspersz states:

"THERE is nothing more difficult than to express in words an ideal which can exist only in the mind. A Standard of Points is an attempt to describe in words a living animal which is an ideal at which we must aim, but at which we are bound to fall short as there is no perfection in this life. Moreover the ideal of one man may not be the ideal of another. In the most satisfactory Cairn that we have ever seen there is always something that we would wish otherwise. And we do not always agree together what that something is.

[standard as of 1957 is reproduced verbatim here in the original.]

"The fact that the Standard of Points for the Cairn Terrier has tood the test of nearly fifty years without alteration is proof enough that it is a thoroughly good and satisfactory Standard. It is clear that those who framed it were anxious to retain all that was best in the old working terriers, but at the same time to allow for progress in any direction not at variance with the fundamental character of the breed."

[Rev. Casperesz goes on to cite specific examples of wording from the Standard.]