THE GREAT DANE. 67 
hound in type. Remarkable in size and very muscular, strongly 
though elegantly built, movements easy and graceful; head and 
neck carried high, the tail carried horizontally with the back, 
or slightly upwards with a slight curl at the extremity. The 
minimum height and weight of dogs should be 30 inches and 
120 lbs.; of bitches, 28 inches and 100 lbs, Anything below this 
should be debarred from competition. 
2. Head long, the frontal bones very slightly raised, and very 
little indentation between the eyes. Skull not too broad. Muzzle 
broad and strong, and blunt at the point. Cheek muscles well 
developed. Nose large, bridge well arched. Lips in front 
perpendicularly blunted, not hanging too much over the sides, 
though with well-defined folds at the angle of the mouth. The 
lower jaw slightly projecting—about a sixteenth of an inch. 
Eyes small and round, with strong expression and deeply set. 
Ears very small, and greyhound-like in carriage when uncropped. 
They are, however, usually cropped. 
3. Neck rather long, very strong and muscular, well arched, 
without dewlap or loose skin about the throat. The junction of 
head and neck strongly pronounced. 
4. Chest not too broad, and very deep in brisket. 
s. Back not too long or short, loins arched and falling in a 
beautiful line to the insertion of the tail. : 
6. Tail reaching to the hock, strong at the root, and ending fine 
with a slight curve. When excited it becomes more curved, but 
in no case should it curve over the back. 
7. Belly well drawn up. 
8. Fore-quarters.—Shoulders set sloping; elbows well under, 
neither turned in nor out. Leg forearm muscular, and with great 
development of bone, the whole leg strong and quite straight. 
9. Hind-quarters.—Muscular thighs, and second thigh long and 
strong, as in the greyhound. Hocks well let down, and turning 
neither in nor out. 
10. Feet large and round, neither turned in nor out. Toes well 
arched and closed. Nails very strong and curved. 
11. Hair very short, hard, and dense, and not much longer than 
elsewhere on the under part of the tail. 
12, Colour and Markings—The recognised colours are the 
