THE ST. BERNARD. 



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Objectionable Points. 



Ill temper. 

 Split nose. 

 Unlevel mouth and 



cankered teeth. 

 Snipy muzzle. 

 Light and staring eyes. 

 Cheek bumps. 

 Wedge head. 

 Flat skull. 

 Wall eyes. 

 Domed skull. 

 Badly set or heavily- 

 feathered ears. 

 Too much peak. 



Short neck. 



Curly coat. 



Curled tail. 



Flat sides. 



Hollow back. 



Roach back. 



Ring tail. 



Open feet or hare feet. 



Cow hocks. 



Straight hocks. 



Self-coloured (a self- 

 coloured dog is one 

 that has no black 

 shadings or white 

 markings). 



Disqualifying Points. 



Dudley, liver, flesh-col- Black, black and tan, 



black and white, 

 black, tan, and white, 

 and all white. 



cured nose. 

 Fawn, if whole col- 

 oured or with black 

 shadings only. 



The weight of a dog should be from 170 Ibs. to 

 210 Ibs. ; of a bitch 160 Ibs. to 190 Ibs. 



During the past twenty-five years St. 

 Bernards have been bred in this country 



very much taller and heavier than they were 

 in the days of Tell, Hope, Moltke, Monk, 

 Hector, and Othman. Not one of these 

 measured over 32 inches in height, or scaled 

 over 180 Ibs., but the increased height 

 and greater weight of the more modern 

 production have been obtained by forcing 

 them as puppies and by fattening them to 

 such an extent that they have been injured 

 in constitution, and in many cases converted 

 into cripples behind. The prize- winning 

 rough-coated St. Bernard as he is seen 

 to-day is a purely manufactured animal, 

 handsome in appearance certainly, but so 

 cumbersome that he is scarcely able to 

 raise a trot, let alone do any tracking in the 

 snow. Usefulness, however, is not a con- 

 sideration with breeders, who have reared 

 the dog to meet the exigencies of the show 

 ring. There is still much left to be desired, 

 and there is room for considerable improve- 

 ment, as only a few of the more modern dogs 

 of the breed approach the standard drawn 

 up by the Clubs that are interested in their 

 welfare. 



GROUP OF ST. BERNARD PUPPIES. 

 BRED BY MESSRS. SCOTT AND KOSTIN. 



