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Jaw.—Fairly long, strong, square, and truncated ; the stop should 
be defined to avoid a deerhound face. 
[The attention of judges is particularly called to the above properties, as a 
long narrow head is a deformity.} 
Lyes.—Vary according to the colour of the dog, but in the 
glaucous or blue dogs a pearl, wall, or china eye is considered 
typical. 
NVose.—Always black, large and capacious. 
Teeth.—Strong and large, evenly placed, and level in opposition. 
L£ars.—Small, and carried flat to side of head, coated moderately. 
Legs.—The fore legs should be dead straight, with plenty of 
bone, removing the body a medium height from the ground, 
without approaching legginess; well coated all round. 
£feet.—Small, round ; toes well arched, and pads thick and hard. 
Tail.—Puppies requiring docking must have an appendage left 
of from 14 to 2 inches, and the operation performed when not 
older than four days. 
Neck and Shoulders—The neck should be fairly long, arched 
gracefully, and well coated with hair; the shoulders sloping and 
narrow at the points, the dog standing lower at the shoulder than 
at the loin. 
Body.—Rather short and very compact, ribs well sprung, and 
brisket deep and capacious. The loin should be very stout and 
gently arched, while the hind-quarters should be round and mus- 
cular, with well let down hocks, and the hams densely coated with 
a thick, long jacket, in excess of any other part. 
Coat.—Profuse, and of a good hard texture; not straight, but 
shaggy and free from curl. The undercoat should be a water- 
proof pile, when not removed by grooming, or season. 
Colour.—Any shade of grey, grizzle, blue, or blue-merled, with 
or without white markings, or in reverse. 
Height.—Twenty-two inches and upwards for dogs, slightly less 
for bitches. 
General Appearance.—A strong compact-looking dog of great 
symmetry, absolutely free of legginess or weaselness, profusely 
coated all over, very elastic in his gallop, but in walking or trot- 
ting, he has a characteristic ambling or pacing movement, and his 
bark should be loud with a peculiar fof cassee ring in it. Taking 
