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(18.) The colowr should be whole or smut, that is, a whole colour 
with black mash or muzzle. The colour should be brilliant and 
pure of its sort. The colours, in their order of merit, if bright and 
pure, are (1) whole colours and smuts—viz., brindles, reds, white, 
with their varieties, as whole fawns, fallows, &c.; (2) pied and 
mixed colours. i) 
Gatt.—F rom his formation, the dog has a peculiar heavy and con- 
strained gait, appearing to walk with short quick steps, on the tips 
of his toes, his hind-feet not being lifted high, but appearing to 
skim the ground, and running with the right shoulder rather 
advanced, similar to the manner of a horse in cantering. Amongst 
the dogs of the present day (1886), though not each faultless, the 
following are considered to approach and fairly represent the true 
type described and sought to be preserved and perfected :—Mr. J. 
E. Shirley’s “Cervantes;” Mr. H. Layton’s “Monarch;” Mrs. 
Sprague’s “Gather ;” Mr. Pybus Dillon’s “ Diogenes ;” and Mr. A. 
Benjamin’s “ Britomartis.” 
The following are the respective points as originally drawn up 
by the club, but these are now abandoned by them :— 
VALUE | VALUE 
Skull, . 20 Back, A , 5 
Stop, 5 ‘Tail, . 5 
Eyes, 5 Fore-legs and feet, 5 
Ears, . ; 2 5 Hind-legs and feet, : 5 
Face, upper jaw, and nostrils, 5 Size, . ; 5 
Chop, . : : 5 5 Coat and colour, . 5 
Mouth and lower jaw, 5 Symmetry and action, . 5 
Neck, . : 5 —— 
Shoulders and chest, 5 Total, : 100 
IIl.—_THE MASTIFF. 
Admirers of the mastiff consider him to be indigenous to Great: 
Britain, but I confess I see no reliable grounds for such an opinion. 
There are two distinct varieties—the English and the Cuban. 
(4) THE ENGLISH MASTIFF. 
This dog is a very handsome and noble-looking animal as 
now bred, having lost the weak formation of back which formerly 
