462 The Management and Diseases of the Dog. 
IRISH WATER SPANIEL CLUB. 
At a special meeting of the above club, held in the Hammam 
Hotel, Dublin, on the 30th of May, 1890, it was unanimously 
. decided that the following scale of points should be adopted by 
the club’s judges at the different shows :— 
Positive Points. 
Head and Jaws, Eyes, and Topknot . ; : 20 
Ears ‘ 7 che es . : : . 10 
Neck : é . ; : , ; ; 5 
Body .. ‘ : : : : .' To 
Fore Legs ‘ ‘ ' : : F : 1 
Hind Legs F ba 8 . a 4 em, 
Feet : : : - , ‘ ' : 5 
Stern (including carriage) . Pah ee : : 10 
Coat 3 “han 1S 
General Appearance . : ; : : F 10 
Total : ‘ j : . 100 
NEGATIVE POINTS. 
White on Chest : : ; : ‘ ‘ 5 
Paleness of Coat ; ‘ : : : : 10 
Light Eye 3 : i ‘ ‘ : ‘ 10 
Woolliness of Coat .° : ‘ f ; F 20 
Feather on Stern disqualifies. 
Feather on Face do. 
White on Feet do. 
Feather on front part of Hind Leg from hock to 
foot . ; F : ‘ ‘ : ; 20 
Splay Feet ‘ i é . ‘ ‘ . 5 
Total . ; i : ‘ ; 70 
Hlead.—Skull and muzzle should be of good size; skull high in 
dome, good length and fairly wide, showing large brain capacity ; 
muzzle long, strong, and somewhat square in appearance; face 
