210 THE BULLDOG 



round ; the toes compact and thick, being well split 

 up, making the knuckles prominent and high. 



The HiNDLEGS should be large and muscular, 

 and longer in proportion than the forelegs, so as 

 to elevate the loins. 



The hocks should tie slightly bent and well let 

 down, so as to be long and muscular from the loins 

 to the point of the hock. 



The lower part of the leg should be short, straight, 

 and strong. 



The stifles should be round, and turned slightly 

 outwards away from the body. The hocks are thereby 

 made to approach each other, and the hindfeet to 

 turn outwards. The latter, like the forefeet, should 

 be round and compact, with the toes well split up 

 and the knuckles prominent. 



From his formation the dog has a peculiar heavy 

 and constrained gait, appearing to walk, with short, 

 quick steps, on the tip of his toes, his hindfeet 

 not being lifted high, b'ut appearing to skim the 

 ground, and running with the right shoulder rather 

 advanced, similar, to the manner, of a horse in 

 cantering. 



The most desirable size for the Bulldog is afrout 

 50 Ib. 



The COAT should be fine in texture, short, close, 

 and smooth (hard only, from its shortness and close- 

 ness, not wiry). 



Its COLOUR should be whole or smut (that is, a 

 whole colour with a black mask or muzzle). The 

 colour should be brilliant and pure of its sort. The 

 colours in their order of merit, if bright and pure, 

 are, first, whole colours and smuts, viz., brindles, 

 reds, white, with their varieties, as whole fawns, 

 fallows, i&c. ; second, pied and mixed colours. 



