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its head, which is a creamy white. In both colours 

 there is a nice feather, about 2 inches long, rather 

 lighter in colour than the hair on the fore part of 

 the leg. The hindlegs are a little longer than the 

 fore ones, and are set rather wide apart, but not 

 spread out in an unnatural manner, while the feet 

 are much smaller ; the thighs are well developed, 

 and the hair of the same colour and texture as the 

 fore ones, but having no feather or dew claws. 



COAT. This is a very important point; the hair 

 should be about 2 inches long ; that from skull to 

 root of tail a mixture of hardish and soft hair, which 

 gives a sort of crisp feel to the hand. The hard 

 should not be wiry ; the coat is what is termed pily 

 or pencilled. The hair on the under part of the 

 body is lighter in colour and softer than on the 

 top. The skin on the belly accords with the colour 

 of dog. 



COLOUR. The colour is pepper or mustard. The 

 Pepper ranges from a dark bluish black to a light 

 silvery grey, the intermediate shades being pre- 

 ferred, the body colour coming well down the 

 shoulder and hips, gradually merging into the leg 

 colour. The Mustards vary from a reddish brown 

 to a pale fawn, the head being a creamy white, 

 the legs and feet of a shade darker than the head. 



SIZE. The height should be from 8 to 1 1 inches 

 at the top of shoulder. Length from top of shoulder 

 to root of tail should not be more than twice the 

 dog's height, but preferably i or 2 inches less. 



WEIGHT. From 14 Ib. to 24 Ib. ; the best 

 weight as near 18 lh>. as possible. These weights 

 are for dogs in good working condition. 



