468 The Dog Book 



Descriptive Particulars 



Head. — Long. Skull narrow, but deep and rounded, high at the occiput 

 and covered with a nice silky tuft or topknot. Muzzle long, tapering, sharp 

 and muscular; as little stop as possible between the eyes, so as to form 

 nearly a line from the nose end along the joint of the skull to the occiput. 



Eyes. — Small and well sunk in the head, placed obliquely and close to- 

 gether, but not round in shape. The blues should have a dark eye, the blue 

 and tan ditto, with amber shade; livers, sandies, etc., a light brown eye. 



Nose. — Large and well angled. Blues and blue and tans should 

 have black noses; livers have flesh coloured noses; sandies, flesh coloured 

 preferable, but black admissable. Lips close fitting and without flews. 



"Jaws. — Long,tapering, sharp and muscular. Teeth level or pincer-jawed. 



Ears. — Moderately large, placed low, flat to the cheek, thinly covered 

 and tipped with fine silky hair. They should be filbert-shaped. 



Neck. — Long, deep at the base, rising well from the shoulders, which 

 should be flat and placed well back. 



Body. — Chest deep, not wide; back slightly arched; body well flat- 

 ribbed up; hind quarters light. 



Legs and feet. — Legs of moderate length, not wide apart, straight and 

 flat boned. Feet rather long, toes close and well arched. 



Tail. — ^Thick at the root, tapering to a point, slightly feathered on 

 lower side, nine to eleven inches long and scimitar shaped. 



Coat. — ^A mixture of hard and soft hair, not lying flat to the sides, crisp 

 to the feel. 



Colour. — Blue, blue and tan, liver, liver and tan, sandy and sandy and 

 tan. Topknots and ear tippings as light as possible. 



General appearance. — ^A light made up lathy dog, but not shelly. Not 

 exceeding sixteen inches at the shoulder. 



Weight. — Dogs about twenty-four pounds, bitches about twenty-two. 



Disqualifying points. — Overshot and undershot jaws and white patches. 



Points 



Head 20 Legs and feet 15 



Eyes and nose 10 Coat 15 



Neck and shoulders 5 Colour 10 



Body 15 General appearance .... 10 



Total 



100 



