CLASSIFICATION OF DOGS. 91 



Coat fine, smooth, short, soft, glossy, neither hard nor 

 woolly. 



Color^ silver or apricot fawn, very decided and pure. 



Markings. — All to be clearly defined. Muzzle or 

 mask, ears, moles on cheeks, thumb-mark or diamond on 

 forehead, back-trace (dark line from occiput to tail) to be 

 as black as possible, and especially the mask. 



Size. — A very compact dog of thirteen to seventeen 

 pounds. A leggy, lanky pug is not to be tolerated, as 

 such an one is wholly false to the type. 



Toy Spaniels. — These are cobby, long-haired, small pets, 

 of an affectionate and docile disposition (p. 384). 



Symmetry, condition, and size count twenty per cent, 

 and head parts about fifty per cent, of the total. 



The different varieties are founded on color distinctions. 



Head. — Skull well domed, almost semi-globular, pro- 

 jecting over eyes ; stop between eyes very deep ; muzzle 

 very short, with nose turned up between eyes ; lower jaw 

 wide between its rami or divisions, and fitted well to 

 the upper, with lips concealing teeth ; eyes wide apart, 

 with eyelids square to line of face, large, lustrous, very 

 dark, with pupils mdely dilated ; ears very long, measur- 

 ing twenty to twenty-two inches from tip to tip, set low, 

 heavily feathered. The ears are longer in the King 

 Charles than in the Blenheim. 



Tail. — Usually docked to length of three to four inches. 

 Not to be carried above level of back. 



Coat. — Long, silky, soft, wavy but not curly. In the 

 Blenheim a profuse mane extends well down front of 

 chest. Legs and feet well feathered, also tail, so that a 

 " flag " of a square shape results. 



