Part 4

Value. Head and expression 15 Ears 10 Neck and shoulders 10 Legs and feet 15 Hind quarters 10 Back and loins 10 Tail 5 Coat with frill 20 Size 5 --- Total 100

GENERAL APPEARANCE.—A lithe, active dog, presenting an elegant, pleasing outline, and exhibiting strength, speed, and intelligence.

HEAD.—Moderately long, covered with short, soft hair; skull flat, moderately wide between the ears and tapering to the eyes; very little stop; skin on head very tightly drawn; muzzle of fair length, tapering to the nose, which should always be black; mouth a bit overshot. Eyes of fair size, not prominent, placed rather wide apart, almond-shaped, and set obliquely; they may be any shade of brown, the darker the better. Ears small, covered with short, soft hair, and carried semi-erect when at attention, at other times thrown back.

NECK.—Long, arched, and muscular; chest deep and narrow in front, but wide behind the shoulders.

BACK.—Short and level; shoulders oblique; loins rather long, slightly arched, and powerful.

LEGS.—Fore legs straight and muscular, with a fair amount of flat bone; hind legs sinewy; hind quarters drooping slightly, very long from hips to hocks; stifles well bent; hip bones rather wide and ragged, and hocks well bent; pasterns long, springy, and lighter in bone than rest of leg; feet with soles well padded, and the toes arched and compact.

TAIL.—Moderately long, carried low when quiet, gaily when excited, and almost straight when running.

COAT.—An important point. It should be abundant except on head and legs; the outer coat straight, hard, and rather stiff, the inner coat soft and furry and very dense, so as to make it difficult to find the skin; the frill very abundant; hair on tail very profuse, and on hips long and bushy; fore legs slightly feathered; hind legs below hocks smooth.

COLOR.—Immaterial.

HEIGHT.—Dogs, 21 to 24 inches; bitches, 2 inches less.

WEIGHT.—Dogs, 45 to 60 pounds; bitches, 40 to 50 pounds.

DEFECTS.—Domed skull; high-peaked, occipital bone; heavy, pendulous ears; full, soft eyes; heavy, feathered legs; short tail.

THE COLLIE (SMOOTH-COATED).

BEN.]

ORIGIN, USES, SCALE OF POINTS, etc., same as the rough collie, except in matter of coat, which should be hard, dense, and quite smooth.

THE DALMATIAN (COACH-DOG).

PERRY.]

ORIGIN.—Probably indigenous to Dalmatia, a province of Austria, but records of the sixteenth century describe such a dog as belonging to Spain. The latest authentic trace is to Denmark, where it was used for drawing carts. Resembles the pointer in form.

USES.—Simply to follow the coach or equestrian.

* SCALE OF POINTS, ETC.

Value. Head and eyes 10 Ears 5 Neck and shoulders 10 Body, back, chest, and loins 10 Legs and feet 15 Coat 5 Color and markings 30 Tail 5 Symmetry 10 --- Total 100

GENERAL APPEARANCE.—Strong, muscular, active; free from coarseness; capable of speed and great endurance.

HEAD.—Fair length; skull flat, broad between ears; moderate stop, and not in straight line from occiput to nose; no wrinkles; muzzle long and powerful; lips clean cut, fitting jaws closely. Eyes moderately wide apart, medium size, round, bright. In black-spotted dogs eyes are dark; in livers, light or light brown (yellow). Rims around eyes black in black-spotted varieties, and brown in the liver-spotted ones, never flesh-colored. Ears set on high, rather wide at base, tapering, carried close, thin, fine, always spotted. Nose black in blacks, brown in livers.

NECK AND SHOULDERS.—Neck fairly long, arched, light, tapering, not throaty; shoulders sloping and muscular.

BODY, BACK, CHEST, AND LOINS.—Chest very deep, not too wide; ribs well sprung, never rounded; powerful back; loins strong and arched.

LEGS AND FEET.—Fore legs perfectly straight, strong in bone; elbows close to body; cat-footed, tough pads; hocks well let down. Nails in black-spotted ones are black and white; in liver-spotted, brown and white.

TAIL.—Not too long, tapering well to end, carried with slight curl upward, never curled; the more profusely spotted, the better.

COAT.—Short, dense, hard, fine, sleek, and glossy, never woolly nor silky.