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Head. — Should be long and lean, with a well-defined stop. The 

 skull oval from ear to ear, showing plenty of brain room, and with a 

 well-defined occipital protuberance. The muzzle moderately deep 

 and fairly square ; from the stop to the point of the nose should be 

 long, the nostrils wide, and the jaws of nearly equal length ; flews 

 not to be pendulous ; the color of the nose should be black, or dark, 

 or light liver, according to the color of the coat. The eyes should 

 be bright, mild, and intelligent, and of a dark hazel color — the 

 darker the better. The ears of moderate length, set on low, and 

 hanging in neat folds close to the cheek ; the tip should be velvety, 

 the upper part clothed with fine, silky hair. 



Neck. — Should be rather long, muscular, and lean, slightly arched 

 at the crest, and clean cut where it joins the head ; toward the 

 shoulder it should be larger and very muscular, not throaty, though the 

 skin is loose below the throat, elegant and bloodlike in appearance. 



Body. — Should be of moderate length, with shoulders well set 

 back, or oblique ; back short and level ; loins wide, slightly arched, 

 strong, and muscular. Chest deep in the brisket, with good round, 

 widely sprung ribs, deep in the back ribs ; that is, well ribbed up. 



Legs and Feet. — Stifles well bent and strong, thighs long from 

 hip to hock. The forearm big and very muscular, the elbow well 

 let down. Pastern short, muscular, and straight. The feet very 

 close and compact, and well protected by hair between the toes. 



Tail. — The tail should be set on almost in a line with the back ; 

 medium length, not curly or ropy ; to be slightly curved or scimitar 

 shaped, but with no tendency to turn upward ; the flag or feather 

 hanging in long pendant flakes. The feather should not commence 

 at root, but slightly below, and increase in length to the middle, then 

 gradually taper off toward the end ; and the hair long, bright, soft, 

 and silky, wavy but not curly. 



Symmetry, Coat, and Feathering. — The coat from the back of the 

 head in a line with the ears ought to be straight, long, and silky (a 

 slight wave in it not objectionable), which should be the case with 

 the coat generally ; the breeches and forelegs, nearly down to the 

 feet, should be well feathered. 



Color and Markings. — The color may be either black-and-white, 

 orange-and-white, lemon-and-white, liver-and-white, or tricolor, that 

 is, black-white-tan; those without heavy patches of color on the 

 body, but flecked all over, preferred. 



