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almost concealed by the pendulous lips. The teeth 

 are enormous. The eyes are small (a full goggle 

 eye is a great fault), wide apart, deep set, light 

 in colour, and very penetrating in expression. A 

 deep furrow extends from between the eyes up the 

 middle of the forehead. The flews, of chops, are 

 pendulous, thick, and broad. The nose is very large 

 and wide, set slightly back, with large nostrils. The 

 ears, when uncropped, should be small and fine in 

 texture, a fine rose ear being preferable to a heavy 

 ear lying flat to the cheek. As these dogs have 

 always been cropped, however, no attention has been 

 paid to this property, so that too much stress must 

 not at present be laid on the carriage of the ear. 

 The whole of the skull, face, and muzzle should be 

 covered with ropes of loose skin lying in symmetrical 

 wrinkles. The neck should be very thick and 

 powerful, well arched, and the skin of the neck very 

 loose, forming a dew-lap on each side of the throat, 

 from the angle of the jaws to the chest. The 

 shoulders are strong, broad, and muscular. The 

 chest is very wide, deep, and of great circumfer- 

 ence. The back is short and straight, of great 

 breadth at the shoulders ; a hollow back is very 

 detrimental, though frequently met with in old dogs 

 which have had to undergo a severe strain in the 

 arena. The brisket is round and deep, of great 

 diameter, and the ribs are well sprung;. The body 

 behind ribs is well tucked up. The hindquarters 

 should not have the pear-shaped appearance sought 

 for in the Bulldog, but be very strong and power- 

 ful. The forelegs should be very thick, strong, and 

 muscular, rather short than long, with enormous 

 bone. The pasterns should be straight and strong, 



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