THE BULLDOG 397 



due allowance being made for the bitch, which is not so grand or 

 as well developed as the dog : 



The General Appearance of the Bulldog is that of a smooth-coated, thick- set 

 dog, rather low in stature, but broad, powerful, and compact. Its head should be 

 strikingly massive, and large in proportion to the dog's size ; its face extremely 

 short ; its muzzle very broad, blunt, and inclined upwards ; its body short and 

 well knit, the limbs stout and muscular ; its hindquarters very high and strong, 

 but rather lightly made in comparison with its heavily made foreparts. The dog 

 conveys an impression of determination, strength, and activity, similar to that 

 suggested by the appearance of a thick-set Ayrshire or Highland bull. 



The Skull should be very large the larger the better and in circumference 

 should measure (round in front of the ears) at least the height of the dog at the 

 shoulders. Viewed from the front, it should appear very high from the corner 

 of the lower jaw to the apex of the skull, and also very broad and square. The 

 cheeks should be well rounded and extend sideways beyond the eyes. Viewed at 

 the side, the head should appear very high, and very short from its back to the 

 point of the nose. 



The Forehead should be flat, neither prominent nor overhanging the face ; and 

 the skin upon it and about the head very loose, hanging in large wrinkles. 



The Temples, or frontal bones, should be very prominent, broad, square, and 

 high, causing a deep and wide groove between the eyes. This indentation is 

 termed the " stop," and should be both broad and deep, and extend up the 

 middle of the forehead, dividing the head vertically, being traceable at the top 

 of the skull. 



The Eyes, seen from the front, should be situated low down in the skull, 

 as far from the ears as possible. Their corners should be in a straight line at 

 right angles with the stop, and quite in front with the head. They should be 

 wide apart as possible, provided their outer corners are within the outline of the 

 cheeks. They should be quite round in shape, of moderate size, neither sunken 

 nor prominent, and in colour should be very dark almost, if not quite, black, 

 showing no white when looking directly forward. 



The Ears should be set high in the head i.e. the front inner edge of each 

 ear should (as viewed from the front) join the outline of the skull at the top corner 

 of such outline, so as to place them as wide apart and as high and as far from 

 the eyes as possible. In size they should be small and thin. The shape termed 

 "rose ear" is the most correct. The "rose ear" folds inward at its back, the 

 upper or front edge curving over outwards and backwards, showing part of the 

 inside of the burr. 



The Face, measured from the front of the cheekbone to the nose, should 

 be as short as possible, and its skin should be deeply and closely wrinkled. 



The Muzzle should be short, broad, turned upwards, and very deep from 

 the corner of the eye to the corner of the mouth. 



The Nose should be large, broad, and black ; its top should be deeply set 

 back, almost between the eyes. The distance from the inner corner of the eye 

 (or from the centre of the stop between the eyes) to the extreme tip of the nose 

 should not exceed the length from the tip of the nose to the edge of the under 

 lip. The Nostrils should be large, wide, and black, with a well-defined straight 

 line between them. 



The Flews, called the " chop," should be thick, broad, pendent, and very 

 deep, hanging completely over the lower jaw at the sides (not in front). They 

 should join the under lip in front, and quite cover the teeth, which should not 

 be seen when the mouth is closed. 



The Jaw should be broad, massive, and square, the canine teeth, or tusks, 

 wide apart. The lower jaw should project considerably in front of the upper, 



