The Irish Water Spaniel. 



423 



J. C. Brown, Tewkesbury ; the Rev. N. Milne; 

 and Mr. T. J. Hurley, Killaloe. 



The Club's points and description are as follows : 



POSITIVE POINTS. 



Head and jaw 10 



Eyes 5 



Top-knot 5 



Ears 



Neck 



Body 



Fore-legs 5 



Hind-legs 



Feet . 



10 



7* 

 7i 



5 



5 



Stern.. . 10 



Coat 



General appearance .... 



15 



'5 



Total Positive Points ... 100 



NEGATIVE POINTS. 

 Light yellow or gooseberry 



eyes 10 



Cording, or tags of dead or 



matted hair 12 



Moustache, or poodle hair 



oncheek 5 



Lank, open, or woolly 



coat 7 



A natural sandy, light coat 8 

 Furnishing of tail more 



than half way down to 



sting 7 



Setter-feathering on legs ... 10 

 White patch on chest 6 



Total Negative Points ... 65 



Disqualifications. Total absence of top-knot ; a fully feathered 

 tail ; any white patch on any part of the dog, except a small one 

 on chest or toe. 



DESCRIPTIVE PARTICULARS. 



11 Head. Capacious skull, rather raised in dome 

 and fairly wide, showing large brain capacity. The 

 dome appears higher than it really is, from its being 

 surmounted by the crest or top-knot, which should 



