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pronounced, and the hair on head and face must be smooth or 
short-coated. (5.) . 
Lyes.—Should be small, rather oblique in shape, not set in too 
wide apart, and dark in colour, showing great intelligence and 
docility of temper. In a white dog black rims round the eyes are 
preferable. (5.) 
Ears.—Should be small, V-shaped, and carried perfectly erect 
or pricked like a fox’s, and, like the head, must be covered with 
soft short hair. (5.) 
NNVose.—In black, black-and-tan, or white dogs, the nose should 
be black. In other coloured Pomeranians it may more often be 
brown or liver-coloured ; but in all cases the nose must be self 
and not partly coloured, and never white. (5.) 
Neck and Shoulders.—The neck, if anything, should be rather 
short, well set in, and lion-like, covered with a profuse mane, and 
frill of long, straight, silky hair, sweeping from the under jaw and 
covering the whole of the front part of the shoulders and chest, as 
well as flowing on the top part of the shoulders. The shoulders 
must be tolerably clean and laid well back. (5.) 
Body.—The back must be short and the body compact, being 
well ribbed up and the barrel well rounded. The chest must 
be fairly deep and not too wide. (10.) 
Legs and Feet.—The fore legs must be perfectly straight, of 
medium length, not such as would be termed either “leggy ’’ or 
“low on leg,” but in due proportion in length and strength to 
a well-balanced frame, and the fore legs and thighs must be well 
feathered. (10.) 
The tail is a characteristic of the breed, and should be some- 
what like a pig’s, not so closely curled probably, but well twisted 
from the root right over the back, slightly on either side or lying 
flat on the back, and covered profusely with long silky hair spread 
out and flowing over the back. (r10.) 
Coat.—Properly speaking, there should be two coats—an under 
and an over coat; the one a soft fluffy undercoat, and the. other 
a long, perfectly straipht and silky coat, covering the whole of the 
body, being very abundant round the neck and fore part of the 
shoulders and chest, where it should form a frill or cordon of 
long flowing hair extending over the shoulders. The hind-quarters 
