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Dogs and All about Them
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Robert Leighton
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The
following
is
the
standard
of
points
issued
by
the
English
Setter
Club:--
HEAD--The
head
should
be
long
and
lean,
with
well-defined
stop.
The
skull
oval
from
ear
to
ear,
showing
plenty
of
brain
room,
and
with
a
well-defined
occipital
protuberance.
The
muzzle
moderately
deep
and
fairly
square;
from
the
stop
to
the
point
of
the
nose
should
be
long,
the
nostrils
wide,
and
the
jaws
of
nearly
equal
length;
flews
not
too
pendulous.
The
colour
of
the
nose
should
be
black,
or
dark,
or
light
liver,
according
to
the
colour
of
the
coat.
The
eyes
should
be
bright,
mild,
and
intelligent,
and
of
a
dark
hazel
colour,
the
darker
the
better.
The
ears
of
moderate
length,
set
on
low
and
hanging
in
neat
folds
close
to
the
cheek;
the
tip
should
be
velvety,
the
upper
part
clothed
with
fine
silky
hair.
NECK--The
neck
should
be
rather
long,
muscular,
and
lean,
slightly
arched
at
the
crest,
and
clean
cut
where
it
joins
the
head;
towards
the
shoulder
it
should
be
larger,
and
very
muscular,
not
throaty
with
any
pendulosity
below
the
throat,
but
elegant
and
bloodlike
in
appearance.
BODY--The
body
should
be
of
moderate
length,
with
shoulders
well
set
back
or
oblique;
back
short
and
level;
loins
wide,
slightly
arched,
strong
and
muscular.
Chest
deep
in
the
brisket,
with
good
round
widely-sprung
ribs,
deep
in
the
back
ribs--that
is,
well
ribbed
up.
LEGS
AND
FEET--The
stifles
should
be
well
bent
and
ragged,
thighs
long
from
hip
to
hock.
The
forearm
big
and
very
muscular,
the
elbow
well
let
down.
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