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THE NEW BOOK OF THE DOG. 



3. Eyes. — The eyes should be very small, spark- 

 ling, and bright, set fairly close together and ob- 

 long in shape. 



4. Nose. — Black. 



5. Ears. — The correct carriage of ears is a de- 

 batable point since cropping has been abolished. 

 Probably in the large breed the drop ear is correct, 

 but for Toys either erect or semi-erect carriage 

 of the ear is most desirable. 



6. Neck and Shoulders. — The neck should be 

 fairly long and tapering from the shoulders to 

 the head, with sloping shoulders, the neck being 

 free from throatmess and slightly arched at the 

 occiput. 



7. Chest. — The chest should be narrow but 

 deep. 



8. Body. — The body should be moderately short 

 and curving upwards at the loin ; ribs well sprung, 

 back slightly arched at the loin and falling again 

 at the joining of the tail to the same height as the 

 shoulders. 



9. Feet. — The feet should be more inclined to be 

 cat- than hare-footed. 



10. Tail. — The tail should be of moderate length 

 and set on where the arch of the back ends . 



thick where it joins the body, tapering to a point, 

 and not carried higher than the back. 



11. Coat. — The coat should be close, smooth, 

 short and glossy. 



12. Colour. — The coat should be jet black and 

 rich mahogany tan, distributed over the body as 

 follows : On the head the muzzle is tanned to 

 the nose, which with the nasal bone is jet black. 

 There is also a bright spot on each cheek and above 

 each eye ; the underjaw and throat are tanned, 

 and the hair inside the ears is the same colour ; 

 the forelegs tanned up to the knee, with black 

 lines (pencil marksj up each toe, and a black mark 

 (thumb-mark) above the foot ; inside the hind- 

 legs tanned, but divided with black at the hock 

 joints ; and under the tail also tanned ; and so 

 is the vent, but only sufficiently to be easily covered 

 by the tail ; also slightly tanned on each side of 

 the chest. Tan outside the hind legs — commonly 

 called breaching — is a serious defect. In all 

 cases the black should not run into the tan, nor 

 vice versa, but the division between the two colours 

 should be well defined. 



13. Weight. — For toys not exceeding 7 lb. ; for 

 the large breed from 10 to 20 lb. is most desirable. 



MR. E, A SIMKIN'S BEADLE 



BY THE SHERIFF VIOLET LLOYD. 



