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set in the head; the skin of the head tightly drawn, with no folds 
at the corners of the mouth; the ears as small as possible, semi- 
erect when surprised or listening, at other times thrown back and 
buried in the ruff. 
iVeck.—The neck should be long, arched and muscular, the 
shoulders also long, sloping and fine at the withers; the chest to 
be deep and narrow in front, but of fair breadth behind the 
shoulders. 
Back.—The back to be short and level, with the loin rather 
long, somewhat arched and powerful. Brush long “wi? upward 
swirl ’’ at the end, and normally carried low. 
Legs.—The fore legs should be perfectly straight, with a fair 
amount of flat bone, the pasterns rather long, springy, and slightly 
lighter of bone than the rest of the leg; the foot with toes well 
arched and compact soles very thick. 
Fiind-quarters.—The hind-quarters, drooping slightly, should 
be very long from the hip bones to the hocks, which should be 
neither turned inwards nor outwards, with stifles well bent. The 
hip bones should be wide and rather ragged. 
Coat.—The coat, except on legs and head, should be as 
abundant as possible ; the outer coat straight, hard and rather 
stiff, the under coat furry and so dense that it would be difficult 
to find the skin. The ruff and frill especially should be very full. 
There should be but little feather on the fore legs, and none 
below the hocks on the hind legs. 
Colour.—Immaterial. 
Symmetry.—The dog should be a fair length on the leg, and 
his movements wiry and graceful; he should not be too small, 
height of dogs from 22 to 24 inches, bitches from 20 to 22 
inches. 
The greyhound type is very objectionable, as there is no brain 
room in the skull, and with this there is to be found a fatuous 
expression, and a long powerful jaw. ‘The setter type is also to 
~ be avoided, with its pendulous ear, full soft eye, heavily feathered 
legs, and straight short flag. The smooth Collie only differs from 
the rough in its coat, which should be hard, dense, and quite 
smooth. 
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