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enveloping the eyes ; the toes well split up, and the nails black ; the 

 tail should curl as near the centre as possible, and not on either side ; 

 the hair should be plentiful, soft, and piley at the roots, and feel very 

 soft to the touch; the weight of a good pug should not exceed 131b., 

 nor be less than 91b." 



In a second letter, Mr. Theo. Marples says, of the protruding of the 

 tongue : " I do not consider this an essential point, but where it occurs 

 I think it an acquisition ;" and "Eileen," in a subsequent letter, says, 

 "Victor [Mrs. Tufnell's] is my beau id4al of a pug ; he is clear light 

 fawn in colour, with dark shade down back ; tail curled to the right ; 

 good broad chest ; black mask, ending under the chin ; moles ; ears falling 

 close to the head, and in the very centre of the head a distinct black 

 smudge or thumb mark." 



Mr. J. Brookes says : " I have been a breeder of pugs some time, and 

 have taken first prizes. The points often overlooked by judges are the 

 moles on cheek and carriage of tail, which should be bitch at near side, 

 dog at off side." 



Mr J. Nunn, an old London breeder, says : " There are two varieties, 

 the gold fawns and silver fawns. ... I find the lighter the body colour 

 the blacker the mask, ears, trace, moles, &c. With the golden fawn, the 

 ears and trace are seldom more than a dark brown, nothing approaching 

 a black, and when they have good masks I find their noses very often 

 wanting in colour." 



Mr. S. B. Witchell, breeder of King Koffee, Mrs. Crusoe, and other 

 winners, said he objected to a protruding tongue. Mr. Marples expressed 

 himself in favour of drop or button ears. Mr. Vero Shaw considered 

 the rose ear the prettiest ; and a considerable number of other breeders 

 gave their views in accordance with one or other of the preceding. It will 

 be seen that there is a very general consensus of opinion on main points, 

 although different views are held on minor ones, and, as these differences 

 principally express mere individual taste and fancy, they are likely to 

 continue. 



I give the following as my own opinions on the points of the pug : 



General appearance and symmetry of the pug is decidedly square and 

 cobby ; a lean leggy dog and a long-backed short-legged one are equally 

 out of harmony with the ideal pug, which, although not so graceful in 

 contour as the greyhound and some of the terriers are, should yet be so 



