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exhibitor is to magnify the bad points of the animals he 

 does not own and the good ones of those he does. 

 Wherefore, pending the maturity of his own judgment, 

 the beginner need not necessarily believe everything he 

 hears. 



In his quest after the ideal, however, he has a trusty and 

 impartial counsellor at hand. For the Old English Sheep 

 Dog Club, which has done so much for the improvement 

 of the breed, has established a standard which could not 

 easily be improved upon, and its published description is 

 in every respect an admirable one. The beginner will 

 do well to commit it to memory, word for word, from 

 beginning to end. 



In reproducing it here I take the opportunity of 

 offering a word of congratulation to the experts who 

 framed it for their unusual lucidity. The man who breeds 

 a dog which shall answer in every detail to the standard 

 here laid down has reason to be proud indeed of his 

 achievement. 



Thus it runs : 



Skull. Capacious, and rather squarely formed, giving 

 plenty of room for brain power. The parts over the eyes 

 should be well arched and the whole well covered with 

 hair. 



Jaw. Fairly long, strong, square, and truncated ; the 

 stop should be denned to avoid a deerhound face. 



The attention of judges is particularly called to the 

 above properties, as a long narrow head is a deformity. 



