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able in size, and very muscular, strongly though 

 elegantly built, movements easy and graceful ; head 

 and neck carried high ; the tail carried horizontally 

 with the back, or slightly upwards, with a slight 

 curl at the extremity. The minimum height and 

 weight of dogs should be 30 inches and I2olb. ; 

 of bitches, 28 inches and loolb. Anything below 

 this shall be debarred from competition. Points: 

 General appearance, 3 ; Condition, 3 ; Activity, 5 ; 

 Height, 13. 



2. Head. Long, the frontal bones of the forehead 

 very slightly raised, and very little indentation 

 between the eyes. Skull, not too broad. Muzzle, 

 broad and strong, and blunt at the point. Cheek 

 muscles, well developed. Nose, large, bridge well 

 arched. Lips in front perpendicularly blunted, not 

 hanging too much over the sides, though with well- 

 defined folds at the angle of the mouth. The lower 

 jaw slightly projecting about a sixteenth of an inch. 

 Eyes, small round, with sharp expression and deeply 

 set. Ears, very small and greyhound-like in carriage, 

 when uncropped ; they are, however, usually cropped. 

 Points, 15. 



3. Neck. Rather long, very strong and muscular, 

 well arched, without dewlap, or loose skin about the 

 throat. The junction of head and neck strongly 

 pronounced. Points, 5. 



