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gradual and slight taper towards the eyes. It should be long from back 

 to front, with high forehead and cranium conical and well domed, 

 measuring about the same from the point of the eye to back of skull as 

 it does between the base of ears ; and round the largest part about a 

 third more than the dog's height at the shoulder. The head should 

 always be covered with soft silky hair, not curled, but slightly wavy, and 

 not confined to a mere top-knot ; it is also of a much lighter colour than 

 that on the body. The cheeks, starting from the ears, proportionately 

 broad with the skull, should, without any unsightly bulge, taper very 

 gradually towards the muzzle, the muscles showing extraordinary de- 

 velopment, more especially those that move the lower jaw. The head of 

 the bitch, as in nearly every other breed of dogs, is comparatively 

 smaller and lighter in proportion to that of the dog. 



Point 3. The muzzle should be long, deep, and very powerful ; very 

 slightly tapering to the nose, which should be large, well formed, well 

 spread over the muzzle, and always black. The muzzle should measure 

 from the corner of the eye to the tip of the nose about Sin. in length, or 

 in proportion to length of skull as three is to five, and round close in 

 front of the eyes, about two and a half to three times its length. The 

 muzzle should be thinly covered with short and hardish hair of rather 

 darker colour than on the body ; the top of muzzle should be nearly 

 bare for about an inch from the black part of the nose, coming to a point 

 towards the eye. A foxey or snipey muzzle is very objectionable. The 

 jaws should be long and powerful, with very strong teeth, perfectly 

 level in front, the canines should fit well into each other so as to 

 give the greatest available holding and punishing power. A pig- jawed 

 or undershot mouth is very objectionable, though, as it occurs in 

 the purest strains, it cannot be altogether considered a disqualification. 

 The mouth should be very large and the roof of it very dark, almost 

 always black. 



Point 4. The eyes should be wide apart, large, round, moderately full, 

 very clear, bright, and expressive of great intelligence, set low, and 

 well in front of forehead. Colour, a rich brown or hazel, yellowness 

 being a great fault. Frequently they have a dark ring round the eye, 

 the hair of which is rather short and of a downy nature. This dark 

 shade, together with that (already referred to) down the centre of the 

 nose, contrasts beautifully with the bright silvery top-knot, and imparts 



