FOR EXHIBITION AND MARKET 



specimens have a miserable brown tinge, which hurts 

 their appearance very much. This dense, black, vel- 

 vety color should appear on all four feet, tail, nose and 

 ears. The nose marking is very important and should 

 be large and well rounded, and come up even on the 

 face between the eyes and cut clear around with no 

 ragged or uneven edges, and dense black in color. 

 A great many noses are weakly marked on the edges. 

 The ears should be entirely black and free from white 

 hairs. They should cut of? square on the white, and 

 appear as though they had been set right on the white 

 color. They should be short, neat, and tapering to the 

 tips and set fairly close together and not carried 

 apart. The feet markings or "boots," as they are often 

 called, should extend to the top of the leg on all four 

 legs, the higher up the better, and should cut off 

 clean. They should be dense black. The markings 

 on the hind feet are the hardest to produce, so good 

 hind feet colorings receive the most consideration. 

 Many specimens have the feet markings full of gray 

 hairs, which hurts their appearance very much. The 

 tail should also be dense black and straight. The 

 eyes should be pink, bright and bold, and free from 

 eye stain or circles. Some specimens are shown with 

 these eye circles or spots, which are of a smoky color, 

 and they are always passed very quickly by the judge. 

 Shape is another important point. Some specimens 

 appear large and stuffy, and have very little of the true 

 Himalayan shape. They should have a snaky shape and 

 weigh about four pounds. The coat is another im- 

 portant feature that is often overlooked. It should 

 be carefully considered, for many specimens lose out 



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