344 Modern Dogs. 



of a darker tint about the eyes and muzzle, and with 

 a line of the same tint (called a " trace") along the 

 course of the spine. The above ground colours also 

 appear in the brindles, and are also the ground 

 colours of the mottled specimens. In the whole- 

 coloured specimens, the china or wall eye but rarely 

 appears, and the nose more or less approaches black, 

 according to the prevailing tint of the dog, and the 

 eyes vary in colour also. The mottled specimens 

 have irregular patches or " clouds " upon the above- 

 named ground colours ; in some instances the clouds 

 or markings being of two or more tints. With the 

 mottled specimens, the wall or china eye is not 

 uncommon, and the nose is often parti-coloured or 

 wholly flesh-coloured. On the continent the most 

 fashionable and correct colour is considered to be 

 pure white with black patches ; and leading judges 

 and admirers there consider the slate coloured or 

 blue patches intermixed with black as most 

 undesirable. 



Faults. — Too heavy a head, too slightly arched 

 frontal bone, and deep '' stop " or indentation between 

 the eyes ; large ears and hanging flat to the face ; 

 short neck ; full dewlap ; too narrow or too broad a 

 chest ; sunken or hollow or quite straight back ; bent 

 fore-legs ; overbent fetlocks ; twisted feet ; spreading 

 toes ; too heavy and much bent, or too highly carried 



