474 Modern Dogs. 



The Club's description and points of the black 

 spaniel are as follows : 



POSITIVE POINTS. NEGATIVE POINTS. 



Head and jaw 15 Light eyes 20 



Eyes 5 Light nose 15 



Ears 5 Curled ears 10 



Neck 5 Curled coat 10 



Body 10 Carriage of back 10 



Fore-legs 10 Bad top-knot 15 



Hind-legs 10 White on chest 10 



Feet 10 Crooked forelegs 10 



Stern 10 



Coat and Feather 10 



General Appearance 10 



Total Positive Points ... 100 Total Negative Points... 100 



DESCRIPTIVE PARTICULARS. 



" Head. Should be quite characteristic of this 

 grand sporting dog, as is that of the bloodhound 

 or bulldog, its very stamp and countenance should 

 at once convey the conviction of high breeding, 

 character, and nobility ; skull well developed, with a 

 distinctly elevated occipital tuberosity, which, above 

 all, gives the character alluded to ; not too wide 

 across muzzle, long and lean, never snipy nor 

 squarely cut, and, in profile, curving gradually from 

 nose to throat ; lean beneath eyes a thickness 

 here gives coarseness to the whole head. The 

 great length of muzzle gives surface for the free 



