548 The Dog Book 



more tints. With the mottled specimens the wall or china eye is not uncom- 

 mon and the nose is often part coloured or wholly flesh coloured. On the 

 continent the most fashionable and correct colour is considered to be p ire 

 white, with black patches; and leading judges and admirers there con- 

 sider the slate-coloured, or blue patches intermixed with the black, as most 

 undesirable. 



Faults. — ^Too heavy a head, too slightly arched frontal bone, and deep 

 stop or indentation between the eyes; short neck; full dewlap; too narrow 

 or too broad a chest; sunken or hollow, or quite straight back; bent fore- 

 legs; overbent fetlocks (knuckling over); twisted feet; spreading toes; too 

 heavy and much bent or too highly carried tail, or with a brush underneath ; 

 weak hindquarters, cow-hocks and a general want of muscle. 



Scale of Points 



General appearance 3 Tail 4 



Condition 3 Forequarters 10 



Activity 5 Hindquarters 10 



Head 15 Feet 8 



Neck 5 Coat 4 



Chest 8 Height and weight 13 



Back 8 



Belly 4 Total, 100 



Scale of Points for Height 



