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inclined to be long-, but not much so, thickening from the head to 

 the set in of the shoulders ; no looseness of the throat skin ; shoul- 

 ders narrow at the meeting of the blade bones, with a great amount 

 of muscle, long in the blades, set slanting, with arm of the leg 

 strong and coming away straight, and elbow neither out nor in ; 

 the legs not great heavy boned, but with a great amount of mus- 

 cle ; leg pressed straight to the foot, well rounded and symmet- 

 rical, with foot well rounded, this is the fore legs and feet ; chest 

 moderately deep, not over wide, but sufficiently wide and deep to 

 give plenty of breathing room ; back level, wide in loins, deeply 

 ribbed, and with ribs carried well back ; hips wide and full of 

 muscle, not straight in the hock, but moderately bent ; stifles full 

 and well developed ; the stern nearly straight, going off tapering to 

 the point, set inle'velwith the back, carried straight, not above the 

 level of back ; symmetry and general appearance racy, and much 

 beauty of form appears to the eye of a real pointer breeder and 

 fancier. The weights we consider best for ditferent purposes are 

 from fifty pounds to about sixty-five pounds. Coat short and 

 glossy, but a deal here depends on condition. 



POINTS IN JUDGING. 



Head 25 



Neck 10 



Shoulders 15 



Legs 10 



Feet 10 



Loins to 



Stifles 5 



Stern 15 



— 100 



Color and Coat.— Th.e coat ought to be very short and soft, and fine, and the 

 skin thin and flexible. Most people in England prefer the lemon-and-white to 

 liver and white, or black-and-white. 



CHESAPEAKE BAY DOG. 



This is the dog par excellence for ducking in those waters 

 where great courage and endurance is required ; not simply a re- 

 triever but a dog who will face the heaviest seas or surf; a dog 

 that will scramble over, or, if needs be, dive under the heaviest 

 ice. That his ancestors came from the Irish coast appears to 

 be generally conceded, yet, with the exception of color, we can 

 find no trace of any similar breed of dogs, omitting of course those 

 specimens which, being crossed at a later day, possess some 

 marked characteristics of the water spaniel. He is smooth-haired, 

 which is a great point, as the Newfoundland suffers terribly from 



