The Norfolk Spaniel 269 
Body (including size and symmetry).—Fairly heavy body; legs rather 
longer than in other field spaniels, but not so long as in Irish. Medium size. 
Nose.—Large and soft. 
Shoulders and Chest—Shoulders long and sloping; chest deep and 
fairly broad. 
Back and Loin.—Back flat and strong; loin rather long, flat and strong. 
Hind Quarters.—Long, hocks well let down; stifles moderately bent 
and not twisted inward nor outward. 
Stern.—Docked, low carried, i. e., not above the level of the back. 
Feet and Legs.—Strong-boned legs, inclining to shortness; feet large 
and rather flat 
Coat.—Hard, not woolly; not curly, but may be broken. 
Colour.—Liver and white and black and white. 
General A ppearance.—An active, useful, medium-sized dog. 
We have but one objection to the above description, and that is “loin 
rather long.” With such an elastic definition it would not take long to 
have “rather long” an equivalent for quite long, and then, when they were 
all of that kind, the winners would be selected from the rather long, which, 
as compared with what we would now think rather long, would be extremely 
long. A loin that looks at all long is not wanted; in fact, the Norfolk 
should closely resemble a large cocker as to conformation, and without 
clumsiness. The negative points are well chosen, for the aptitude is to 
get the tail up a little too high, while the topknot is out of the question in 
any spaniel other than the Irish water spaniel. 
ScaLe oF PoINTs 
POSITIVE POINTS NEGATIVE POINTS 
Head, Jaw and Eyes. ... 20 Carriage of Stern ....... 5 
Eats i csscuavieguesvrss 1: “loplnoticscccceweneae 5 
INGE occseetreretetees fe) — 
Body veacsscens eaKewen’s 10 10 
Fore Legs is. .ciuas canes 10 
Hind Legs. 3 .oiscawe ears 10 
PGCE ca gicee sane uk eas 5 
NCOs ever eewac eases 5 
Coat and Feather....... 10 
General Appearance .... 10 
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