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The head is long, both in skull and muzzle ; the latter must not be 

 pointed, but rather deep than square, the skull standing up well above 

 the ears, the forehead fairly shown, and the occiput well developed. 



The ears are set on low as above inferred lobe-shaped, long, and well 

 feathered, with straight and silky hair. 



The eye is dark in colour, pretty full, but not prominent or watery, as 

 in the toy varieties. 



The neck is long, pretty muscular when examined ; covered thickly with 

 longish hair. 



The whole barrel is rather long, with a tendency to too much space 

 between back ribs and hind quarters, which is a fault. The chest should 

 be deep, ribs moderately sprung, the back ones well let down, the back 

 well clothed with muscle. 



The shoulders should be moderately sloped and well clothed with 

 muscle ; fore legs straight, hind legs strong in stifle and moderately 

 bent; they must be strong of bone. The feet should be moderately 

 round, and the sole thick and hard ; but the show specimens have so 

 much feathering that it gives them the appearance of having a long flat 

 foot. The knuckles are not much sprung, and the whole foot should be 

 a good size. 



The tail, which is invariably docked, should be well feathered, and not 

 carried higher than on a level with the back. 



The coat should be a jet glossy black, free from rustiness and from 

 white, although a few white hairs on the chest are no detriment ; in tex- 

 ture the coat is soft and silky, of good length, and free from curl, 

 longest on the breast, tail, ears, and legs, which are all well feathered. 



The subject of our engraving is Flirt, the property of Mr. James 

 Holmes, of Wellington, Salop, and was bred by Mr. P. Bullock. Flirt is 

 a pure black, under 221b. weight, and a winner at the Crystal Palace, 

 Manchester, Hull, Nottingham, and many other shows. She is by the 

 Hon. W. Arbuthnott's Nick (K.C.S.B., 2152) out of Chloe (K.C.S.B., 

 2187) ; Nick was bred by Mr. Bullock, but no pedigree of him is given ; 

 Chloe was by Bob out of Nellie (these two being brother and sister) , by 

 Young Bebb out of Flirt, by Jones's Bob out of his Nellie, by his Bob 

 out of his Chloe ; Bob by Burdett's Bob out of Jones's Floe ; Bebb by 

 Old Bebb, from Lord Derby's kennels, out of Nancy, by Lloyd's Charley 

 out of Baggot's Lady. 



