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or light-coloured specimens, a pink nose is allow- 

 able.) 



4. Tongue. — Black. 



5. Eyes. — Dark and small. (In a blue dog 

 light colour is permissible.) 



6. Ears. — Small, pointed, and carried stiffly 

 erect. They should be placed well forward over 

 the eyes, which gives the dog the peculiar charac- 

 teristic expression of the breed — viz. a sort of 

 scowl. 



7. Teeth. — Strong and level. 



8. Neck. — Strong, full, set well on the shoulders, 

 and slightly arched. 



9. Shoulders. — Muscular and sloping. 



10. Chest. — Broad and deep. 



11. Back. — Short, straight, and strong. 



12. Loins. — Powerful. 



13. Tail. — Curled tightly over the back. 



14. Forelegs. — Perfectly straight, of moderate 

 length, and with great bone. 



15. Hindlegs. — Same as forelegs, muscular and 

 with hocks well let down. 



16. Feet. — Small, round and catlike, stand- 

 ing well on the toes. 



17. Coat. — Abundant, dense, straight, and 



rather coarse in texture, with a soft woolly under- 

 coat. 



18. Colour. — Whole-coloured black, red. yel- 

 low, blue, white, etc., not in patches (the under 

 part of tail and back of thighs frequently of a 

 lighter colour). 



19. General Appearance. — A lively, compact, 

 short coupled dog, well-knit in frame, with tail 

 curled well over the back. 



20. Disqualifying Points. — Drop ears, red 

 tongue, tail not curled over back, white spots on 

 coat, and red nose, except in yellow or white 

 specimens. 



N.B. — Smooth Chows are governed bv the 

 same scale of points, except that the coat is 

 smooth. 



So far as I am aware, there is no numerical 

 scale of points for Chow Chows. 



As to the weight, bitches scale about 

 30 lbs., but dogs are heavier. Ch. Shylock 

 weighed 47I lbs., and Red Craze 38 lbs., 

 when in my hands. 



THE HON. MRS. MACLAREN MORRISONS SMOOTH CHOW FASON 

 BRED BY MRS. HARRY RAWSON. 

 Photograph by Clarke, Think. 



