The St. Bernard. 



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shades of brindle (the richer the colour the better), 

 or white with patches on body of either of the 

 above-named colours. The markings should be 

 as follows : White muzzle, white blaze up face, 

 white collar round neckj white chest, fore-legs, 

 feet, and end of tail ; black shadings on face and 

 ears. If the blaze be wide and run through to the 

 collar, a spot of the body-colour on the top of 

 the head is desirable." 



OBJECTIONABLE POINTS. 



Ill-temper. 

 Split nose. 

 Unlevel mouth and cankered 



teeth. 



Snipy muzzle. 

 Light or staring eyes. 

 Cheek bumps. 

 Wedge head. 

 Flat skull. 

 Wall eyes. 

 Domed skull. 

 Badly set or heavily feathered 



ears. 

 Too much peak. 



Short neck. 



Curly coat. 



Curled tail. 



Flat sides. 



Hollow back. 



Roach back. 



Ring tail. 



Open feet or hare feet. 



Cow hocks. 



Straight hocks. 



Self-coloured (i.e., a self- 

 coloured dog is one that 

 has no black shadings or 

 white markings. 



DISQUALIFYING POINTS. 



Dudley, liver, flesh-coloured 



nose. 

 Fawn, if whole-coloured, or 



with black shadings only. 



Black, black and tan, black 

 and white, black tan and 

 white, and all white, 



