THE BULLDOG 207 



The EYES, seen from the front, should be situated 

 low down in the skull, as far from the ears, as 

 possible. Their corners should be in a straight line, 

 at right angles with the stop, and quite in front 

 of the head. They should be as wide apart as 

 possible, provided their outer corners are within the 

 outline of the cheeks. They should be quite round 

 in shape, of moderate size, neither sunken nor pro- 

 minent, and in colour should be very dark almost, 

 if not quite, black showing no white when looking 

 directly forward. 



The EARS should be set high on the head ; i.e., 

 the front inner edge of each ear should (as viewed 

 from the front) join the outline of the skull at the 

 top corner of such outline, so as to place them as 

 wide apart and as high and as far from the eyes 

 as possible. In size they should be small and thin. 

 The shape termed "rose ear' 1 is the most correct. 

 The " rose ear " folds inwards at its back, the upper 

 or front edge curving over outwards and backwards 

 showing part pf the inside of the burr. 



The FACE, measured from the front of the cheek- 

 bone to the nose, should Be as short as possible, 

 and its skin should be deeply and closely wrinkled. 



The muzzle should be short, broad, turned up- 

 wards, and very deep from the corner of the eye 

 to the corner of the mouth. 



The nose should be large, b'road, and black ; its 

 top should be deeply set back, almost between the 

 eyes. The distance from the inner corner of the eye 

 (or from the centre of the stop between the eyes) 

 to the extreme tip of the nose should not exceed the 

 length from the tip of the nose to the edge pf the 

 under lip. 



