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THE NEW BOOK OF THE DOG. 



The standard of points as laid down by the 

 leading club is sufficiently explicit to be 

 easily understood, and is as follows ; 



I. General Appearance. — The Dalmatian should 

 represent a strong, muscular, and active dog, 

 symmetrical in outline, and free from coarseness 

 and lumber, capable of great endurance combined 

 with a fair amount of speed. 



variety should be black, in the liver-spotted 

 \-ariety browm — never flesh-colour in either. 



6. Ears. — The ears should be set on rather high 

 of moderate size, rather wide at the base, and 

 gradually tapering to a round point. They should 

 be carried close to the head, be thin and fine in 

 texture, and always spotted — the more profusely 

 the better. 



7. Nose. — The nose in the black-spotted variety 



CH. RUGBY BRIDGET by ch. fontleroy — morecambe rose. 



BRED BY MRS. H. WILSON BEDWELL 

 Photograph by Hcmmim, Sii'iiuloii. 



2. Head. — The head should be of a fair length ; 

 the skull flat, rather broad between the ears, and 

 moderately well defined at the temples — i.e. 

 e.xhibiting a moderate amount of stop and not in 

 one straight line from the nose to the occiput 

 bone as required in a Bull terrier. It should be 

 entirely free from wrinkle. 



3. Muzzle. — The muzzle should be long and 

 powerful J the lips clean, fitting the jaws 

 moderately close. 



4. Eyes. — The eyes should be set moderately 

 well apart, and of medium size, round, bright, and 

 sparkling, with an intelligent expression, their 

 colour greatly depending on the markings of the 

 dog. In the black spotted variety the eyes should 

 be dark (black or dark brown^, in the liver -spotted 

 variety they should be light (yellow or light browm). 



5. The Rim round the Eyes in the black-spotted 



should alwavs be black, in the liver-spotted 

 varietv always brown. 



8. Neck and Shoulders. — The neck should be 

 fairlv long, nicelv arched, light and tapering, and 

 entirelv free from throatiness. The shoulders 

 should be moderatelv oblique, clean, and muscu- 

 lar, denoting speed. 



9. Body, Back, Chest, and Loins. — The chest 

 should not be too wide, but very deep and 

 capacious, ribs moderately well sprung, never 

 rounded like barrel hoops (which would indicatr 

 want of speed), the back powerful, loin strong, 

 muscular, and slightly arched. 



10. Legs and Feet. — The legs and feet are of 

 great importance. The fore-legs should be perfectly 

 straight, strong, and heavy in bone ; elbows close 

 to the body; fore-feet round, compact with well- 

 arched toes (cat-footed), and round, tough, elastic 



