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chops like a bloodhound's flews. The teeth should 

 be large and strong, the tusks should be wide 

 apart, the front teeth between the tusks should be 

 regular, which they very rarely are, and in most 

 bulldogs the incisors of the lower jaw are mere 

 apologies for teeth. 



" The nose must lie well back, the tip being set 

 nearly back to the ( stop/ and should be broad, 

 large, deep, and perfectly black. Of all the bull- 

 dogs I have seen all have had smooth noses if they 

 have been in health, and the only authority I know 

 of who admires a rough nose in a bulldog is Mr. 

 Frank Adcock. The nostrils should be large and 

 wide, with a well-defined straight line visible between 

 them ; but a split septum or nostril may be taken as 

 an absolute disqualification under any judge nowa- 

 days, and what is very much more common is a 

 defect in one wing of the nose, which makes the 

 two nostrils dissimilar, and is looked upon by many 

 judges as a serious blemish. A parti-coloured nose, 

 which is called a ' butterfly ' nose, handicaps the 

 animal, while few judges would have the temerity 

 to place a dog with a ' Dudley ' or flesh-coloured 

 nose in the prize list. 



" What is known as the ' stop ' is the indentation 

 in the bone at the junction of the forehead and the 

 face. It is a point of great importance, and should 



