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matter of skull in their miniature smoushond. It is possible that the 

 reduction in size may have been aided by the use of small toy terriers and 

 in this way the black and tan Braban^on would crop out in the breed. 



It was not until 1895 that anything was heard of the GriflFons outside 

 of its home country, but in that year the new dog was introduced into 

 England and soon advanced into a prominent position as a pet or toy dog. 

 In 1900 a club was established and the standard it drew up was adopted by 

 the Belgian club when it was organised in 1901. No scale of points was 

 added to the following terse, yet complete description of the dog: 



DESCRIPTIVE PARTICULARS 



General Appearance. — A lady's pet dog, intelligent, sprightly, robust, of 

 compact appearance, reminding one of a cob, and captivating the attention 

 by a quasi-human expression. 



Head. — Large and rounded, covered with rather coarse hair, rough and 

 somewhat longer round the eyes, nose and cheeks. 



Ears. — Semi-erect when not clipped, erect when clipped. 



Eyes. — ^Very large, black or nearly black, eyelashes black and long, 

 eyelids often edged with black, eyebrows furnished with stiff hair, leaving 

 the eye perfectly uncovered. 



Nose. — Always black, short, surrounded with hair, converging upwards 

 and going to meet that which surrounds the eyes; the break or stop in the 

 nose well pronounced. 



Lips. — Edged with black, furnished with a moustache; a little black 

 in the moustache is not a fault. 



Chin. — Prominent without showing the teeth and furnished with a 

 small beard. 



Chest. — Rather wide and deep. 



Legs. — ^As straight as possible, of medium length. 



Tail. — ^Upwards and cut to the two-thirds. 



Colour. — Red. 



Texture of Coat. — Harsh and wiry, rather long and thick. 



Weight. — Small size, dogs and bitches, 5 pounds, maximum; large 

 dogs, 9 pounds maximum; large bitches, 10 pounds maximum. 



Faults. — Pale eyes; silky tuft on head; brown toe-nails; showing 

 teeth. 



Disqualifications. — Brown nose; white marks; tongue protruding. 



