570 BRITISH DOGS 



these wrinkles can be traced when the skin is stretched, or smooth, 

 by deeper shades of colour. 



The trace is a dark line the blacker the better running along 

 the back, right to the end of the tail. It should be clearly defined, 

 and narrow, gin. to lin. at broadest. 



The colour of the pure Morrison was a yellow-fawn, the pure 

 Willoughby a cool stone or light drab ; but the two strains have 

 been much interbred, and good Pugs of many various shades are 

 now met with. What is called the ' apricot fawn ' was in vogue 

 with many ; but the great consideration is to get the colour whatever 

 its shade decided enough, and with a very pronounced contrast 

 between it and the black of the mask, trace, and vent. The 

 commonest fault in colour is smuttiness^ the mask spreading over the 

 whole head, the trace extending down each side, and the fawn hairs 

 of the body being more or less shaded with black. A correspondent 

 informs me that Mr. Beswicke Royd's family, who for many genera- 

 tions owned a very fine breed of Pugs, now lost, had one pair the 

 last that invariably threw one pure white pup in each litter. The 

 eminent veterinarian Elaine records a similar instance in a Pug 

 bitch of his own, which in three consecutive litters had one pure 

 white pup. A white Pug with good points is a curiosity, and the 

 production of a strain of them does not seem impossible. Four or 

 five specimens were benched a few years ago. 



A great fault with many Pugs shown now is coarseness of coat. 

 The coat should be fine, smooth, soft, and glossy. The skin is 

 extremely loose, and when a handful is taken, the coat, although thus 

 handled, felt against the grain, should be neither hard nor woolly. 



The neck is short, thick, and fleshy, and with the skin loose and 

 free ; although there is seldom a decided dewlap, still there must be 

 an abundance of skin, or the head will be void of wrinkles. 



The Pug is wide across the chest, wide through the barrel, and 

 square in the quarters ; the back is fairly broad, and the whole body 

 stout and thick-set. 



The legs must be straight, and well under him, of moderate length. 

 The dog should stand about i2in. high, and at that height should 

 weigh about 1510. The legs should be strong, and the feet rather 

 long, or hare-shaped ; the toes well split up, and the toenails black. 



The tail is of great importance. The more tightly and closely 

 it is curled over the hip, the more is thought of it ; and in a winner 

 nowadays the double curl is almost indispensable." 



The following is the description of points adopted by the Pug 

 Dog Club: 



Symmetry. Symmetry and general appearance, decidedly square and cobby. 

 A lean, leggy Pug and a dog with short legs and a long body are equally 

 objectionable. 



