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shoulders and chest, as well as flowing on the top 

 part of the shoulders. The shoulders must be 

 tolerably clean, and laid well back. 



" Body. The back must be short, and the body 

 compact, being well ribbed up and the barrel well 

 rounded. The chest must be fairly deep and not 

 too wide. 



"Legs. The fore legs must be perfectly straight, 

 of medium length, not such as would be termed 

 either ' leggy ' or ' low on leg,' but in due proportion 

 in length and strength to a well-balanced frame, and 

 the fore legs and thighs must be well feathered. 



11 Tail. The tail is a characteristic of the breed, 

 and should be well twisted right up from the root 

 tightly over the back, or lying flat on the back 

 slightly on either side, and profusely covered with 

 long hair, spreading out and flowing over the back. 



" Coat. Properly speaking there should be two 

 coats, an under and an over coat, the one a soft, 

 fluffy under-coat, and the other a long, perfectly 

 straight, and glossy coat, covering the whole of the 

 body, being very abundant round the neck and fore 

 part of the shoulders and chest, where it should 

 form a frill of long, flowing hair, extending over 

 the shoulders, as previously described. The hind- 

 quarters above the hocks should be similarly clad 

 with long hair or feathering from the hocks down- 



