182 THE MASTIFF 



hips. Girth should be one -third more than the height 

 at shoulder. Shoulder and arm slightly sloping, 

 heavy, and muscular. 



FORELEGS AND FEET. Legs straight, strong, and 

 set wide apart ; bones very large. Elbows square. 

 Pasterns upright. Feet large and round. Toes well 

 arched up. Nails black. 



BACK, LOINS, AND FLANKS. Back and loins wide 

 and muscular ; flat and very wide in a bitch, slightly 

 arched in a dog. Great depth of flanks. 



HIND LEGS AND FEET. Hindquarters broad, 

 wide, and muscular, with well -developed second 

 thighs. Hocks bent, wide apart, and quite squarely 

 set when standing or walking. Feet round. 



TAIL. Put on high up, and reaching to the 

 hocks, or a little below them, wide at its root and 

 tapering to the end, hanging straight in repose, but 

 forming a curve, with the end pointing upwards, but 

 not over the back, when the dog is excited. 



COAT-COLOUR. Coat short and close lying, but 

 not too fine over the shoulders, neck, and back. 

 Colour, apricot or silver fawn, or dark fawn-brindle. 

 In any case, muzzle, ears, and nose should be black, 

 with black round the orbits, and extending upwards 

 between them. 



