Directory of the Breesers & Exhibitors of Dogs in the U.S. and Canada, Volumer 3-4

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1911
 

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Side 28 - FEATHERING. — The feather on the upper portion of the ears should be long and silky ; on the back of fore and hind legs long and fine ; a fair amount of hair on the belly, forming a nice fringe, which may extend on chest and throat. Feet to be well feathered between the toes.
Side 41 - ... and muscular, denoting speed. BODY, BACK, CHEST, AND LOINS. — The chest should not be too wide, but very deep and capacious; ribs moderately well sprung; never rounded like barrel hoops (which would indicate want of speed) ; the back powerful; loin strong, muscular, and slightly arched. LEGS AND FEET are of great importance.
Side 41 - The Nose in the black-spotted variety should always be black ; in the liverspotted variety always brown. Neck and Shoulders. — The neck should be fairly long, nicely arched, light and tapering, and entirely free from throatiness. The shoulders should be moderately oblique, clean, and muscular, denoting speed.
Side 45 - More inclined to be cat- than hare-footed. Tail. — Moderate length, and set on where the arch of the back ends ; thick where it joins the body, tapering to a point, and not carried higher than the back. Coat. — Close, smooth, short, and glossy.
Side 69 - Blenheim there should be a profuse mane, extending well down in the front of the chest. The feather should be well displayed on the ears and feet, where it is so long as to give the appearance of their being webbed. It is also carried well up the backs of the legs. In the King Charles the feather on...
Side 28 - The colour of the nose dark mahogany or dark walnut, and that of the eyes (which ought not to be too large) rich hazel or brown. The ears to be of moderate size, fine in texture, set on low, well back, and hanging in a neat fold close to the head.
Side 28 - The skull oval (from ear to ear), having plenty of brain room, and with well-defined occipital protuberance. Brows raised, showing stop. The muzzle moderately deep, and fairly square at end. From the stop to the point of the nose should be long, the nostrils wide, and the jaws of nearly equal length, flews not to be pendulous. The...
Side 69 - Should be well domed, and in good specimens is absolutely semi-globular, sometimes even extending beyond the half-circle, and absolutely projecting over the eyes, so as nearly to meet the upturned nose.
Side 42 - The muzzle should be short, broad, turned upwards, and very deep from the corner of the eye to the corner of the mouth.
Side 75 - A short, round foot, with the knuckles high and well developed; like a cat's, short, round and compact. 3. .CHEST. — The chest of a dog must not be confounded with the brisket ; the breast or chest extends between the fore-legs from the brisket to the belly. Cheeky. — When the cheek bumps are strongly denned ; thick in cheek.

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