FOR EXHIBITION AND MARKET 



should be short and silky. The correct description 

 from the Engflish fancier gives it as having Black or 

 Blue on the head and cheeks extending to the point 

 of the nose, with eye circles of tan under each eye. 

 The neck, shoulders (excepting spots close to the 

 ear), saddle, back, sides, upper part of tail and rump 

 should be Black or Blue. It should be entirely free 

 from brindling, except sides of rump should have tan 

 hairs. The under part of tail, flanks, belly, chest, 

 nostrils and jowls should be a beautiful, rich, deep 

 tan, free from any patches of body color. The part of 

 the shoulders nearest the ears and the back of the 

 neck should also be tan, forming a sort of triangle, 

 narrow at the back and wide near the ear. The tan 

 color of the neck should ^meet the tan color of the 

 chest, a collar around the neck. The ears should be 

 short, fine and rounded at the tips and carried well 

 together. Shiny black or rich blue on the outside and 

 the inside to be a rich tan, the colors to match the tan 

 and body color. White tips of ears or white hairs on 

 ears are not allowed. The hind legs should be a rich, 

 glossy black or blue on the outside and a bright, deep 

 tan on the inside, appearing in an unbroken line up 

 the leg. The toes should also be tan. The tan should 

 be free from patches of body color. The front part 

 of the front legs black and free from brindle hairs ; the 

 back parts and toes rich tan. In preparing for the 

 show room they should be well groomed and their 

 coats in perfect condition when placed in the show 



room. 



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