2 22 Modern Dogs. 



the deerhound was established, and issued the 

 following description of him : 



Head. — The head should be broadest at the ears, 

 tapering slightly to the eyes, with the muzzle taper- 

 ing more decidedly to the nose. The muzzle should 

 be pointed, but the teeth and lips level. The head 

 should be long, the skull flat, rather than round, with 

 a very slight rise over the eyes, but with nothing 

 approaching a stop. The skull should be coated 

 with moderately long hair, which is softer than the 

 rest of the coat. The nose should be black (though 

 in some blue-fawns the colour is blue), and slightly 

 aquiline. In the lighter-coloured dogs a black 

 muzzle is preferred. There should be a good 

 moustache of rather silky hair, and a fair beard. 



Ears. — The ears should be set on high, and, in 

 repose, folded back like the greyhound's, though 

 raised above the head in excitement without losing 

 the fold, and even in some cases, semi-erect. A 

 prick ear is bad. A big thick ear hanging flat to the 

 head, or heavily coated with long hair, is the worst 

 of faults. The ear should be soft, glossy, and like a 

 mouse's coat to the touch, and the smaller it is the 

 better. It should have no long coat or long fringe, 

 but there is often a silky, silvery coat on the body of 

 the ear and the tip. Whatever the general colour, 

 the ears should be black or dark-coloured. 



