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latter, I like the old style, right and left, and decidedly object to a centre 

 curl ; it should lie close on the hip, either side. The highest number of 

 points is fifteen for pure colour, and therefore it is quite clear that colour 

 is the first thing to be thought of. I do not object to a pug weighing from 

 121b. to 151b. ; I do not like them much less than 121b. When they are 

 smaller they have a very shrill, disagreeable bark ; but, of course, that 

 has nothing to do with points ; but in a drawing-room pet a shrill bark is 

 objectionable. I find that the fawn pugs have a round, full bark con- 

 tralto in tone, if I may use such a term while the bark of the small 

 dark mouse-colour pugs is shrill and piercing. 



" I also agree with Theo. Marples that the ears should drop close to 

 the head, and that the muzzle should be very short, the eyes dark and 

 prominent, and I like the black smudge on fore-head ; I also like a good 

 wide chest. I have seen so many different kinds of pugs awarded prizes 

 that I am sometimes quite puzzled. Nearly every judge has a fancy of his 

 own, and until there is some uniformity of opinion on the pug subject 

 there is little chance of any improvement in the breed. 



"If the point system was adopted, there would be a line to guide 

 exhibitors, at all events ; and I think that good would result from it." 



Another fancier, signing himself " Xerxes," says : 



"I am glad to see the increasing popularity of this breed. . . . 

 ' Eileen ' says a dog with a smudged head is not the correct thing ! I 

 differ from ' Eileen,' inasmuch as I acknowledge two different types of 

 pugs, the light shaded and the dark shaded. 



" The only markings of the former are black mask, ears, moles, and 

 toe-nails, and a dark shade running down the back. 



" The markings of the latter are black mask, ears, thumb mark on head, 

 toenails, and a dark shade down the front, and trace down the back, 

 behind, and under the forearms and between the hind legs, and the head 

 of these is always better wrinkled. 



" The pug should be a very stout, squarely built, cobby, and hardy 

 animal, standing on straight legs, very broad across the chest and stern ; 

 back level, neck stiff and head held well up ; colour silver or golden 

 fawn ; a smudged body and white are faults ; the trace should be very 

 distinct and narrow, Jin. to fin. wide ; head large, round, and wrinkled, 

 eyes bold and prominent. . . . muzzle bold, square, and short, say, 

 for a 121b. dog fin., not more ; the mask should be jet black just 



