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darker colour and stronger nature than that on the body, while the under 

 side is lighter and less wiry, with a little nice light feather, commencing 

 about 2in. from root, and from lin. to 2in. long, getting shorter as it 

 nears the tip, which is pointed. It should be carried gaily, or hound- 

 like, slightly curved upward, but not directly curled over the back. 

 N.B. When not excited nearly in a horizontal line, but otherwise hound- 

 like. 



Point 9. The legs. The fore-legs should be very short in proportion to 

 the dog's size, very stout, and set wide apart, thick, and straight, with 

 immense muscular development in the fore-arm ; this, with the ankles 

 being very slightly turned inwards, makes the dog appear somewhat 

 bandy-legged, but the leg bones themselves should be stout and straight, 

 and not curved. The feet should be well framed and broad, but not flat, 

 standing firm, and well under the chest, with very little or no feather on 

 the legs. Hind legs thick and strong, longer than the fore-legs, well 

 spread, with a good bend in the hocks, the muscles of the thighs being 

 very thick and well developed ; the feet are much smaller, with no feather 

 or dew-claws. The toes rather short, net hare footed. The claws black, 

 and very strong. White claws, however, should not be a disqualification. 



Point 10. Size. Height from Sin. to 12in. at top of shoulder, but never 

 above 12in., even for a dog. Weight : Dogs, from 161b. to 241b. ; bitches, 

 from 141b. to 201b. The most desirable w.eight, 201b. for dogs and 161b. 

 for bitches, but 241b. dogs are very useful to give bone, muscle, and 

 stamina to the produce of the smaller ones. 



Point 11. The coat. This is a very important feature. The hair 

 (about 2in. long) along the top of the neck and upper part of the body 

 should be a mixture of about two-thirds, rather hard (but not wiry), with 

 one-third soft, linty, not silky hair, which gives a sort of crisp feeling to 

 the hand, and constitutes what old John Stoddart used to term "a pily 

 coat." It becomes lighter in colour and finer in texture as it nears the 

 lower part of the body and legs. The head is covered with hair of a 

 longer, lighter, and much more silky texture, giving it a silvery appear- 

 ance, but not so long as to hang completely over the eyes like a Skye or 

 poodle. The lighter in colour and softer the better. 



Point 12. The colour, either mustard or pepper, and their mixtures. 

 Mustard is a reddish or sandy brown of various shades. Pepper is a 

 bluish grey, either dark in shade, ranging from a dark bluish black to 



