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domed. Head covered with soft, silky hair, not confined to a 

 mere topknot. Cheeks have a gradual taper toward muzzle, which 

 is deep and strong and about 3 inches in length. Muzzle covered 

 with darker hair than topknot, the top part being generally bare 

 for about i inch from back of nose, where it is about i inch 

 broad. Nose and inside of mouth black or dark-colored. Teeth 

 strong and very large, level in front, the upper ones overlapping 

 the under ones. " Swine mouth " is objectionable, but not so 

 much so as the bulldog mouth. Eyes wide apart, full, large, 

 round, bright, full of determination, set low and prominent, and of 

 a rich, dark hazel. Ears large, pendulous, set well back, wide 

 apart, and low on skull, hanging close to cheek, tapering to a point, 

 the tapering being mostly on the back part. They are covered 

 with soft, straight brown hair (sometimes almost black), with a 

 feather of light hair about 2 inches from tip. The feather does 

 not show, sometimes, till the dog is 2 years old. Leather rather 

 thin. Length of ear 3 to 4 inches. 



Neck. — Very muscular and strong, and well set into shoulders. 



Body. — Long, strong, and flexible ; ribs well sprung ; chest deep* 

 back rather low at shoulder ; a slight, gradual droop from loins to 

 root of tail. 



Tail. — Rather short (8 to 10 inches), covered on upper side 

 with wiry hair, darker than on body ; a feather of about 2 inches, 

 getting shorter as it nears the tip ; simitar-like, not curled nor twisted 

 and when excited carried gaily above the level of the body. 



Legs and Feet. — Fore legs short, immense muscular devel- 

 opment and bones set wide apart ; feet well formed, ?tof flat. 

 " Bandy legs " objectionable. Hair on fore legs and feet of blue 

 dog should be tan ; on a mustard dog a darker shade than on head, 

 which is creamy white. Hind legs are rather longer than front 

 ones, rather wide apart, with feet smaller than front ones, without 

 feather and dew-claws ; claws should be dark. 



Coat. — Very important. Hair should be 2 inches long, and 

 that from skull to root of tail a mixture of hard and soft hair. The 

 hard hair should be wiry, the coat being pily, that under body 

 being softer and lighter in color than on top. 



Color. — Pepper or mustard. The pepper ranges from dark 

 blue black to a light silver gray ; the mustards from a red brown 

 to pale fawn, the head being creamy white, w^ith legs and feet 

 darker than head. Claws are dark as in other colors. Nearly all 

 Dandies have some white on chest and white claws. 



Size. — Eight to eleven inches at shoulder. Limit weight, 24 

 pounds. 



Length. — From top of shoulder to root of tail should be twice 

 the dog's height. 



