174 THE AMERICAN BOOK OF THE DOG. 



Nose and jaws (value 5). The jaws should be long, and 

 the teeth level and strong. Nostrils open, but not very 

 wide, and the end pointed and black; cheeks well clothed 

 with muscle, but the bone under the eye neither prominent 

 nor hollow. 



Ears and eyes (value 5). The ears should be small and 

 thin,-, and carried a trifle higher than those of the smooth 

 Greyhound, but should turn over at the tips. Pricked ears 

 are sometimes met with, as in the rough Greyhound, but 

 they are not correct. They should be thinly fringed with 

 hair at the edges only; that on their surface should be soft 

 and smooth. Eyes full and dark-hazel; sometimes, by 

 preference, blue. 



The neck (value 10) should be long enough to allow the 

 dog to stoop to the scent at a fast pace, but not so long and 

 tapering as the Greyhound's. It is usually a little thinner 

 than the corresponding part in that dog. 



Chest and shoulders (value 10). The chest is deep 

 rather than wide, and in its general formation it resembles 

 that of the Greyhound, being shaped with great elegance, 

 and at the same time so that the shoulders can play freely 

 on its sides. The girth of a full-sized dog Deerhound 

 should be at least two inches greater than his height, often 

 an inch or two more; but a round, unwieldy chest is not to 

 be desired, even if girthing well. Shoulders long, oblique, 

 and muscular. 



Back and back ribs (value 10). Without a powerful 

 loin, a large dog like this can not sustain the sweeping 

 stride which he possesses, and therefore a deep and wide 

 development of muscle, filling up the space between wide 

 back ribs and somewhat rugged hips, is a desideratum. 

 A good loin should measure twenty-five or twenty-six 

 inches in show condition. The back ribs are often rather 

 shallow, but they must be wide, or what is called " well 

 sprung," and the loin should be arched, drooping to the 

 root of the tail. 



Elbows and stifles (value 10), if well placed, give great 

 liberty of action, and the contrary if they are confined by 



