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HEAD
Fair length, powerful without being
course, finer in the bitch, free from frown or
wrinkle |
SKULL
Slightly
domed, moderately wide, with slight peak. Stop well defined and
dividing length, between occiput and tip of nose, as equally
as possible |
EARS
Long,
with rounded tip, reaching nearly to end of nose when drawn
out. Set on low,
fine in texture and hanging gracefully close to
cheeks |
BODY
Topline
straight and level.
Chest let down to below elbow. Ribs well sprung and
extending well back.
Short in the couplings but well balanced. Loins powerful and
supple, without extensive
tuck-up |
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EYES
Dark
brown or hazel, fairly large, not deep set or prominent, set
sell apart with mild, appealing
expression
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TAIL
Sturdy,
moderately long.
Set on high, carried gaily but not curled over back or
inclined forward from root. Well covered with
hair, especially on
underside |
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MUZZLE
Not snipy, lips reasonable well
flewed
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HINDQUARTERS
Muscular
thighs. Stifles
well bent. Hocks
firm, well let down and parallel to each
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NOSE
Broad, preferably black, but less
pigmentation permissable in lighter coloured hounds. Nostrils
wide
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COLOUR
Any
recognised hound colour other than liver. Tip of stern
white |
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MOUTH
The jaws
should be strong, with a perfect, regular and complete scissor
bite, i.e. upper teeth closely overlapping lower teeth and set
square to the
jaws
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SIZE
Desirable minimum height at withers: 33 cms (13
ins). Desirable
maximum height at withers: 40 cms (16
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COAT
Short,
dense and
weatherproof |
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NECK
Sufficiently long to enable hound to come down easily
to scent, slightly arched and showing little
dewlap |
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FOREQUARTERS
Shoulders well laid back, not loaded. Forelegs straight and
upright well under the hound, good substance, and round in
bone, not tapering off to feet. Pasterns short. Elbows firm, turning
neither in nor out.
Height to elbow about half height at
withers |
FEET
Tight
and firm. Well
knuckled up and strongly padded. Not hare-footed. Nails
short |
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NOTE
Male animals should have two apparently
normal testicles fully descended into the
scrotum |
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