468 The Dog Book 



DESCRIPTIVE PARTICULARS 



Head. Long. Skull narrow, but deep and rounded, high at the occiput 

 and covered with a nice silky tuft or topknot. Muzzle long, tapering, sharp 

 and muscular; as little stop as possible between the eyes, so as to form 

 nearly a line from the nose end along the joint of the skull to the occiput. 



Eyes. Small and well sunk in the head, placed obliquely and close to- 

 gether, but not round in shape. The blues should have a dark eye, the blue 

 and tan ditto, with amber shade; livers, sandies, etc., a light brown eye. 



Nose. Large and well angled. Blues and blue and tans should 

 have black noses; livers have flesh coloured noses; sandies, flesh coloured 

 preferable, but black admissable. Lips close fitting and without flews. 



Jaws. Long,tapering, sharp and muscular. Teeth level or pincer-jawed. 



Ears. Moderately large, placed low, flat to the cheek, thinly covered 

 and tipped with fine silky hair. They should be filbert-shaped. 



Neck. Long, deep at the base, rising well from the shoulders, which 

 should be flat and placed we!' hack. 



Body. Chest deep, not w >; back slightly arched; body well flat- 

 ribbed up; hind quarters light. 



Legs and feet. Legs of moderate length, not wide apart, straight and 

 flat boned. Feet rather long, toes close and well arched. 



Tail. Thick at the root, tapering to a point, slightly feathered on 

 lower side, nine to eleven inches long and scimitar shaped. 



Coat. A mixture of hard and soft hair, not lying flat to the sides, crisp 

 to the feel. 



Colour. Blue, blue and tan, liver, liver and tan, sandy and sandy and 

 tan. Topknots and ear tippings as light as possible. 



General appearance. A light made up lathy dog, but not shelly. Not 

 exceeding sixteen inches at the shoulder. 



Weight. Dogs about twenty-four pounds, bitches about twenty-two. 



Disqualifying points. Overshot and undershot jaws and white patches. 



POINTS 



Head 20 Legs and feet 15 



Eyes and nose 10 Coat 15 



Neck and shoulders 5 Colour . 10 



Body 15 General appearance .... 10 



Total 100 



