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3. Eyes.—The eyes should be very small, spark- 
ling, and bright, set fairly close together and ob- 
long in shape. 
4. Nose.—Black. 
5. Ears.—The correct carriage of ears is a de- 
batable point since cropping has been abolished. 
Probably in the large breed the drop ear is correct, 
but for Toys either erect or semi-erect carriage 
of the ear is most desirable. 
6. Neck and Shoulders.—The neck should be 
fairly long and tapering from the shoulders to 
the head, with sloping shoulders, the neck being 
free from throatiness and slightly arched at the 
occiput. 
7. Chest. — The chest should be narrow but 
deep. 
8. Body.—The body should be moderately short 
and curving upwards at the loin ; ribs well sprung, 
back slightly arched at the loin and falling again 
at the joining of the tail to the same height as the 
shoulders. 
9. Feet.—The feet should be more inclined to be 
cat- than hare-footed. 
10. Tail.—The tail should be of moderate length 
and set on where the arch of the back ends, 
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thick where it joins the body, tapering to a point, 
and not carried higher than the back. 
11. Coat.—The coat should be close, srnooth, 
short and glossy. 
12. Colour.—The coat should be jet black and 
rich mahogany tan, distributed over the body as 
follows: On the head the muzzle is tanned to 
the nose, which with the nasal bone is jet black. 
There is also a bright spot on each cheek and above 
each eye; the underjaw and throat are tanned, 
and the hair inside the ears is the same colour ; 
the forelegs tanned up to the knee, with black 
lines (pencil marks) up each toe, and a black mark 
(thumb-mark) above the foot; inside the hind- 
legs tanned, but divided with black at the hock 
joints ; and under the tail also tanned ; and so 
is the vent, but only sufficiently to be easily covered 
by the tail; also slightly tanned on each side of 
the chest. Tan outside the hind legs—commonly 
called breaching—is a serious defect. In all 
cases the black should not run into the tan, nor 
vice versd, but the division between the two colours 
should be well defined. 
13. Weight.—For toys not exceeding 7 lb. ; for 
the large breed from 10 to 20 Ib. is most desirable. 
MR. E. A. SIMKIN’S BEADLE 
BY THE SHERIFF—VIOLET LLOYD. 
