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Colour.—Red, not yellow or other colours. 
Coat.—Wire-haired, hard and harsh in texture. 
Faults.—Nose, brown; eyes, pale; coat, silky or too long, 
silvered on the forehead. 
BULLDOG. 
PoINTs aS ADOPTED BY THE BULLDOG CLUB, 1875. 
The following description of the Bulldog was, after careful 
“consideration, adopted as the standard type of excellence for 
the breed by the Bulldog Club, 1875 :— 
General Appearance.—The general appearance of the Bulldog 
is that of a smooth-coated, thickset dog, rather low in stature, 
about 18 inches high at the shoulder, but broad, powerful, and 
compact. Its head is strikingly massive, and very large in pro- 
portion to the dog’s size. Its face extremely short, with nose 
almost between the eyes. Its muzzle very broad, blunt, truncated, 
and inclined upwards. Its body short and well knit ; the limbs 
stout and muscular. Its hind-quarters very high and strong, but 
rather lightly made in comparison with its massive fore parts. 
The dog conveys an impression of determination, strength and 
activity, similar to that suggested by the appearance of a thickset 
Ayrshire or Highland bull. 
Skull.—The head (or skull) should be very large—the larger 
the better—and in circumference should measure round, in front 
of the ears, at least the height of the dog at the shoulder. Viewed! 
from the front, it should be very high from the corner of the 
lower jaw to the apex of the skull; it should also be broad and 
square. The cheeks should be well rounded and extend sideways 
beyond the eyes. Viewed at the side the head should be very 
high, and very short from its back to the point of the nose. The 
forehead should be flat, neither prominent, rounded, nor over- 
hanging the face; and the skin upon it and about the head very 
loose, hanging in large folds or wrinkles. 
Stop.—The temples or frontal bones should be very prominent, 
broad, square, and high, causing a groove between the eyes. 
This indentation is termed the “stop”; it should be both broad 
and deep, and extended up the middle of the forehead, dividing 
the head vertically, and be traceable at the top of the skull. 
