n 4 BRITISH DOGS 



Neck. Rather long, very strong and muscular, well arched, without dewlap, 

 or loose skin about the throat. 



Chest. Very deep. Breast wide. 



Back. Rather long than short. Loins arched. 



Tail. Long and slightly curved, of moderate thickness, and well covered 

 with hair. 



Belly Well drawn up. 



Forequarters. Shoulders muscular, giving breadth of chest, set sloping. 

 Elbows well under, neither turned inwards nor outwards. 



Leg. Fore-arm muscular, and the whole leg strong and quite straight. 



hindquarters. Muscular thighs and second thigh long and strong as in ihe 

 Greyhound, and hocks well let down and turning neither in nor out. 



Feet. Moderately large and round, neither turned inwards nor outwards. 

 Toes well arched and closed. Nails very strong and curved. 



Hair. Rough and hard on body, legs, and head ; especially wiry and long 

 over eyes and under jaw. 



Colour and Markings. The recognised colours are grey, brindle, red, black, 

 pure white, fawn, or any colour that appears in the Deerhound. [Captain 

 Graham states that he has seen several perfectly black-and-tan Deerhounds.] 



Faidls. Too light or heavy a head, too highly arched frontal bone, large ears 

 and hanging flat to the face ; short neck ; full dewlap ; too narrow or too broad 

 a chest ; sunken or hollow or quite straight back ; bent fore legs ; overbent 

 fetlocks ; twisted feet ; spreading toes ; too curly a tail ; weak hindquarters and 

 a general want of muscle ; too short in body. 



The following scale of point-values have been suggested by 

 " Breeder " in the paper above named : 



Head ... ... ... ... ... 25 



Length and shape of ... ... ... ... 10 



Ears ... ... ... ... ... ... 8 



Beard and Eyebrows ... ... ... ... 5 



Eyes ... ' ... ... ... ... ... 2 



Body ... ... ... ... ... 25 



Height at Shoulder ... ... ... ... 12 



Substance and Girth ... ... .. ... 7 



Length and Symmetry of Body ... ... ... 6 



Limbs ... ... ... ... ... ... 25 



Loins and Hocks ... ... ... ... 10 



P'ore Legs ... ... ... ... ... 8 



Feet ... ... ... ... ... ... 7 



The Rest ... ... ... ... ... ... 25 



Coat ... ... ... ... ... ... 12 



Neck ... ... ... ... ... ... 6 



Tail 3 



Nails ... ... ... ... ... ... 2 



Teeth . 2 



Total points in all ... ... ... 100 



