220 TOY-DOGS. 



Points of the King Charles and Blenheim : — 





VALUE 





VALUE 



Head, 



IO 



Colour, 



IO 



Stop, . 



IO 



Coat, . 



IO 



Nose, . 



IO 



Feather, 



IO 



Lower jaw, . 



5 



Size, . 



5 



Ears, . 



IO 



Symmetry, . , 



5 



Eyes, . 



5 









Compactness, 



IO 



Total, 



IOO 



The head. — In this breed, probably from crossing with the 

 bulldog and Chinese pug, or from inter-breeding, the head has 

 within my memory become almost a perfect hemisphere. It was 

 always inclined to be rounded in its upper surface, but it is now 

 raised to a dome far beyond that of the bloodhound, and only 

 equalled by the small stunted smooth terrier of the apple-headed 

 variety. Occasionally this dome is more than a half circle, and 

 projects over the brows. 



The stop is also lately introduced, probably from the bulldog, 

 and is as pronounced as in that breed, or even more so. 



The nose, again, is shortened from the same cause, and turned 

 up in true bulldog style. There is no remnant of the true 

 spaniel type in anything about the head but the eye and ear. 

 The colour of the end must be black, and it should, be deep and 

 wide, with open nostrils, the mouths of which face forwards and 

 upwards as in the bulldog, without the same excuse for this 

 formation, as the King Charles is certainly not used for bull- 

 baiting. 



The lower jaw has also changed its shape, and is now re- 

 quired to be wide and turned up, again imitating the bull type. 

 This formation is said to give room for the lodgment of the 

 tongue, which would otherwise protrude '; why, I am at a loss to 



