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3. The eyes (value 5) are dark brown and full, with a soft expression. There 

 should be no tendency to weep, as in the toy spaniel. 



4. A Hack mole (value 5) is always demanded on each cheek, with two or three 

 hairs springing from it; the regulation number of these. is three, but of course it is 

 easy to reduce them to that number. 



5. Mask, vent, and wrinkles (value 10). These markings must be taken together, 

 as they all depend mainly on colour. The wrinkles, it is true, are partly in the 

 skin ; but over and above these there should be lines of black, corresponding with 

 them, on the face and forehead. The mask should extend over the whole face of a 

 jet black, reaching a little above the eyes, and the vent also should be of the same 

 colour. In the Willoughby strain the black generally extends higher up the skull, 

 and has not the same definite edge as in the Morrison pug, in which this point is 

 well shown, and greatly insisted on by its admirers. 



6. A trace (value 5) or black line is exhibited along the top of the back by 

 all perfect pugs ; and the clearer this is, the better. As with the mask, so with 

 this the definition is more clear in the Morrison than in the Willoughby pug. 

 When it extends widely over the back it is called a " saddle mark," and this is often 

 displayed in the Willoughby, though seldom met with in the Morrison strain ; of 

 course, it is admired in the one, and deprecated in the other, by their several 

 supporters. 



7. The colour (value 10) of the Morrison pug is a rich yellow fawn, while that 

 of the Willoughby is a cold stone. The salmon fawn is never met with in good 

 specimens of either, and is objected to. In the Willoughby the fawn-coloured hairs 

 are apt to be tipped with black, but in its rival the fawn colour is pure, and unmixed 

 with any darker shade. Of course, in interbred specimens the colour is often inter- 

 mediate. 



8. The coat (value 10) is short, soft, and glossy over the whole body, but on the 

 tail it is longer and rougher. A fine tail indicates a bull cross. 



9. The neck (value 5) is full, stout, and muscular, but without any tendency to 

 dewlap; which again indicates, when present, that the bulldog cross has been 

 resorted to. 



10. The body (value 10) is very thick and strong, with a wide chest and round 

 ribs ; the loin should be very muscular, as well as the quarters, giving a general 

 punchy look, almost peculiar to this dog. 



11. Legs and feet (value 10). The legs should be straight but fine in bone, and 

 should be well closed with muscle. As to the feet, they must be small, and in any 

 case narrow. In both strains the toes are well split up ; but in the Willoughby the 

 shape of the foot is cat-like, while the Morrison strain has a hare foot. There 

 should be no white on the toes, and the nails should be dark. 



12. The tail (value 10) must curve so that it lies flat on the side, not rising 

 above the back to such an extent as to show daylight through it. The curl should 

 extend to a little more than one circle. 



13. Size and symmetry (value 5). In size the pug should be from lOin. to 12in. 

 high the smaller the better. A good specimen should be very symmetrical. 



