The Norfolk Spaniel. 



479 



rustic sportsman who keeps but one dog, and has 

 not accommodation for more, prefers a liver and 

 white spaniel, be it Norfolk or otherwise, and, as a 

 rule, if he be not addicted to poaching, prefers it to 

 make a noise when rabbiting in the dense gorse 

 coverts. 



The Club points and description are as follows : 



POSITIVE POINTS. 



Head, jaw, and eyes 20 



Ears 10 



Neck 10 



Body 10 



Fore-legs .. 10 



Hind-legs 10 



Feet 5 



Stern 5 



Coat and feather 10 



General appearance 10 



Total positive points ... 100 



NEGATIVE POINTS. 



Carriage of stern 



Top-knot 



Total negative points 



10 



DESCRIPTIVE PARTICULARS. 



"Head. Skull long and rather narrow; a stop; 

 the muzzle long and broad to the end. 



" Eyes. Rather small, bright, and intelligent. 



" Neck. Long, strong, slightly arched. 



" Ears. Long, low set, and lobular. 



(< Body (including size and symmetry}. Fairly 

 heavy body; legs rather longer than in other field 



