492 



Modern Dogs. 



The following is the 

 black cocker spaniels : 



POSITIVE POINTS. 



Head and jaw 



Eyes 



Ears 



Neck 



Body 



Fore-legs 10 



Hind-legs 10 



Feet 10 



Stern 10 



Coat and feather 10 



General appearance 10 



Total positive points ... 100 



10 

 5 

 5 

 5 



15 



Club's scale for judging 



NEGATIVE POINTS. 



Light eyes (undesirable, 

 but not fatal) . 10 



Light nose (fatal) 15 



Curled ears (very undesir- 

 able) 15 



Curled coat (curly, woolly, 

 or wiry) 20 



Carriage of stern (crooked 

 or twisted) 20 



Top-knot (fatal) 20 



Total negative points... 100 



DESCRIPTIVE PARTICULARS. 



" Head. Not so heavy in proportion, and not so 

 high in occiput as in the modern field spaniel, with 

 a nicely developed muzzle or jaw ; lean, but not 

 snipy, and yet not so square as in the Clumber 

 or Sussex varieties, but always exhibiting a suffi- 

 ciently wide and well-developed nose. Forehead 

 perfectly smooth, rising without a too decided stop 

 from muzzle into a comparatively wide and rounded 

 well-developed skull, with plenty of room for brain 

 power. 



" Eyes. Full, but not prominent, hazel or brown 



coloured, with a general expression of intelligence 



