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falling in a beautiful line to the insertion of the tail. 

 Points, 8. 



6. Tail. — Reaching to or just below the hock, 

 strong at the root, and ending fine with a slight 

 curve. When excited it becomes more curved, but 

 in no case should it curve over the back. Points, 4. 



7. Belly. — Well drawn up. Points, 4. 



8. Fore- quarters. — Shoulders, set sloping ; elbows 

 well under, neither turned inwards nor outwards. 

 Leg : Fore-arm, muscular, and with great develop- 

 ment of bone, the whole leg strong and quite 

 straight. Points, 10. 



9. Hind-quarters. — Muscular thighs, and second 

 thigh long and strong, as in the greyhound, and 

 hocks well let down and turning neither in nor out. 

 Points, 10. 



10. Feet. — Large and round, neither turned in- 

 wards nor outwards. Toes, well arched and closed. 

 Nails, very strong and curved. Points, 8. 



1 1 . Hair. — Very short, hard and dense, and 

 not much longer on the underpart of the tail. 

 Points, 4. 



Colour and Markings. — The recognised colours 

 are the various shades of grey (commonly termed 

 "blue"), red, black, or pure white, or white with 

 patches of the before-mentioned colours. These 

 colours are sometimes accompanied with markings 



