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about five years ago, and they speedily appointed a committee to draw up a scale of 

 points, with which I fully agree, and which were afterwards circulated, and revised 

 at a general meeting of the club. They are as follows : 



POINTS OF THE DANDIE DINMONT AS SUPPLIED BY THE D.D. CLUB. 



Value. 



Head 10 



Eyes 5 



Ears 5 



Neck 5 



~25 



Value. 



Body 20 



Tail 5 



Legs and feet 10 



Coat 15 



50 

 Grand Total 100. 



Value. 



Colour 5 



Size and weight 10 



General appearance ... 10 



25 



1. Head (value 10). Strongly made and large, not out of proportion to the 

 dog's size, the muscles showing extraordinary development, more especially the 

 maxillary. Skull broad between the ears, getting gradually less towards the 

 eyes, and measuring about the same from the inner corner of the eye to back of 

 skull as it does from ear to ear. The forehead is well domed. The head is 

 covered with very soft silky hair, which should not be confined to a mere topknot, 

 and the lighter in colour and silkier it is the better. The cheeks, starting from 

 the ears proportionately with the skull, have a gradual taper towards the muzzle, 

 which is deep and strongly made, and measures about three inches in length, or 

 in proportion to skull as three is to five. The muzzle is covered with hair of a 

 little darker shade than the topknot, and of the same texture as the feather of 

 the fore legs. The top of the muzzle is generally bare for about an inch from 

 the black part of the nose, the bareness coming to a point towards the eye, and 

 being about one inch broad at the nose. The nose and inside of mouth black or 

 dark coloured. The teeth very strong, especially the canine, which are of extra- 

 ordinary size for such a small dog. The canines fit well into each other, so as 

 to give the greatest available holding and punishing power, and the teeth are level 

 in front, the upper ones very slightly overlapping the under ones. [Many of the 

 finest specimens have a " swine mouth," which is very objectionable ; but it is not 

 so great an objection as the protrusion of the under jaw.] 



2. Eyes (value 5). Set wide apart, large, full round, bright, expressive of 

 great determination, intelligence, and dignity; set low and prominent in front of 

 the head ; colour a rich dark hazel. 



3. Ears (value 5). Large and pendulous, set well back, wide apart and low 

 on the skull, hanging close to the check, with a very slight projection at the base, 

 broad at the junction of the head, and tapering almost to a point, the fore part 

 of the ear tapering very little the taper being mostly on the back part, the fore 

 part of the ear coming almost straight down from its junction with the head 

 to the tip. They are covered with a soft, straight brown hair (in some cases 

 almost black), and have a thin feather of light hair starting about two inches 

 from the tip, and of nearly the same colour and texture as the topknot, which 

 gives the ear the appearance of a distinct point. The animal is often one or two 



