i;8 ALL ABOUT DOGS 



in light coloured specimens, body should be large and 

 powerful, without coarseness, sloping rather to front; 

 legs straight, very strong and muscular, well covered 

 with hair down to toes, hindquarters high and heavy, 

 ears small for size of animal, neatly set on side of 

 head, densely coated with a harsh, straight and broken 

 coat, of weather-resisting character, colours very vari- 

 ous, but shades of blue, particularly that known as 

 pigeon blue,' mixed with white, especially on head, 

 chest and forelegs, most desired, weight forty-five to 

 fifty-five pounds. 



Champion Cupids Dart, whose portrait is here given, 

 is one of the best of the breed at present before the pub- 

 lic. 



