POINTS OF WAVY-COATED RETRIEVERS. 421 



The Jaws should be very powerful, and free from lippiness. 



The Nose black, large, and moist. 



The Eyes of a good size, dark, gentle and intelligent looking. 



The Ears should be small, set on low and well back. They should in all cases lie close 

 to the head, and have no fringe of hair attached to them. A large Settery ear is much 

 objected to by the majority of breeders. 



The Neck must be long, or else the Retriever cannot stoop with ease to pick up his 

 game or trail. 



The Shoulders should be very sloping and extremely muscular. 



The Chest rather wide, and certainly deep. 



The Body muscular and well ribbed up. 



The Loins should be deep and powerful, to enable the dog to do his work. 



The Fore Legs quite straight, set on well under the body, and very muscular. 



The Feet large but compact, well arched and with a good thick sole ; hair between the 

 toes. 



The Hind Legs should have the stifles very muscular and well apart, and the hocks let 

 down near to the ground. 



The Stern well-feathered, and carried rather gaily. 



The Coat should be very profuse, wavy and glossy, and of moderate length. 



The Colour jet-black, any traces of white, brindle, tan, or rustiness, being particularly 

 objected to. 



According to custom we append 



STANDARD OF POINTS FOR JUDGING WAVY-COATED RETRIEVERS. Value. 



Skull and muzzle .. ... ... ... ... ... 5 



Ears and eyes ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... $ 



Neck ... 5 



Shoulders ... ... ... ... ... 5 



Chest and body ... ... ... ... ... ... ... 'o 



Loins ... ... ... ... ... ... 5 



Legs and feet ... ... ... ... ... 5 



General appearance, including colour and stern ... ... ... ... 10 



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THE CURLY-COATED RETRIEVER. 



There has been little light thrown upon the origin of the Curly-coated Retriever by 

 writers who have treated of him, though most of them suggest that there is Irish Water 

 Spaniel blood in his veins. Some, however, who make the assertion, throw doubts upon it almost 

 in the same breath, and quote the opinion of Mr. McCarthy a great authority on Irish Water 

 Spaniels who emphatically states that the latter breed will not bear crossing with any other. 

 In spite, however, of the high authority of Mr. McCarthy, we are of the opinion that the Irish 

 Water Spaniel has had something to do with the origin of the breed in question, and some 

 of the earlier writers on the dog are decidedly of our opinion. Several of these state certain 

 facts in connection with the Spaniel which might be read with interest by Retriever breeders, 

 but none throw so much light upon the subject as the editor of the "Sportsman's Repository," 

 who some sixty years ago held very much the same opinions as we do now. This writer 

 had the advantage of succeeding Gervase Markham, Sydcnham Edwards, W. Taplin, and 



