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TORTOISESHELL AND WHITE. 



POINTS 



Head 10 



Small, broad across and between the eyes, rounded 

 above, below tapering towards the lips, nose rather 

 long than short, ears medium size, narrow and 

 rounded at the apex, broad at the base. 



Eyes 10 



Orange-yellow, clear, brilliant, large, full, round, and 

 lustrous. 



Fur 10 



Short, of even length, smooth, silky, and glossy. 



Colour 25 



A mixture of three — black, red, and yellow — each to 

 be distinct and clear of the other, with sharp edges, 

 not one colour running into the other, but in small 

 irregular patches of great brilliancy of tint, the red 

 and yellow to preponderate over the black. If the 

 colours are deep and rich, and the variegation 

 harmonious, the effect is very fine. 



White Marking 15 



The fore-legs, breast, throat, lips and a circle round 

 them, with a blaze up the forehead, white ; lower 

 half of the hind-legs white, nose and cushions of 

 the feet white. 



Form 10 



Narrow, long, graceful in line, neck rather long and 

 slender ; shoulders receding, well-sloped and deep ; 

 legs medium length, not thick nor clumsy ; feet 

 round and small. 



