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Colour and Markings. — The recognised colours are grey, brindle, red, 

 black, pure white, fawn or any colour that appears in the deerhound. 



Faults. — ^Too light or heavy a head; too highly arched frontal bone; 

 large ears and hanging flat to the face; short neck; full dewlap; too narrow 

 or too broad chest; sunken, or hollow, or quite level back; bent forelegs; 

 overbent fetlocks; twisted tail; weak hindquarters; cow-hocks; a general 

 want of muscle or too short a body. 



The Wolfhound Club adopted no scale of points and as this is a speed 

 dog those of the greyhound or deerhound will give a guide as to what prop- 

 erties are the more important. 



