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HISTORICAL SUMMARY
| GENERAL APPEARANCE | - A sturdy, compactly-built hound, conveying the impression of quality without coarseness. | |
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| PROPORTIONS | - (standard does not comment). | |
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| SIZE | -
Height at the withers: Desirable minimum height at withers 33
cm (13 ins). Desirable maximum height at withers 40 cm (16 ins). |
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length: (standard
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- weight: (standard does not comment). |
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| TEMPERAMENT | - A merry hound whose essential function is to hunt, primarily hare, by following a scent. Bold, with great activity, stamina and determination. Alert, intelligent and of even temperament. Amiable and alert, showing no aggression or timidity. | |
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| SKIN | - (standard does not comment). | |
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| COAT | - Hair : Short, dense and weatherproof. | |
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| COLOUR | - Any recognized hound colour other than liver. Tip of stern white. | |
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| HEAD | - Fair length, powerful without being coarse, finer in the bitch, free from frown and wrinkle. | |
| - | Skull | - Slightly domed, moderately wide, with slight peak. |
| - | Stop | - Well defined, dividing length, between occiput and tip of nose, as equally as possible. |
| - | Muzzle | - Not snipey. |
| - | Nose | - Broad, preferably black, but less pigmentation permissible in lighter coloured hounds. Nostrils wide. |
| - | Lips/Flews | - Reasonably well flewed. |
| - | Cheeks | - (standard does not comment). |
| - | Jaw/Teeth | - Jaws should be strong, with a perfect, regular and complete scissor bite, i.e. the upper teeth closely overlapping the lower teeth and set square to the jaws. |
| - | Eyes | - Dark brown or hazel, fairly large, not deep set or prominent, set well apart with mild appealing expression. |
| - | Eears/Leathers | - 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. |
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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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| BODY | - | |
| - | Topline | - Straight and level. |
| - | Withers | - (standard does not comment). |
| - | Back | - Straight and level. |
| - | Chest | - Let down to below elbow. |
| - | Ribs | - Well sprung and extending well back. |
| - | Belly | - Without excessive tuck-up. |
| - | Loins | - Short in the couplings, but well balanced. Loins powerful and supple. |
| - | Underline | - (standard does not comment). |
| - | Croup | - (standard does not comment). |
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| LIMBS | ||
| Forequarters - Forelegs straight and upright well under the hound, good substance and round in bone, not tapering off to feet. | ||
| - | Shoulders | - Well laid back, not loaded. |
| - | Upperarms | - (standard does not comment). |
| - | Elbows | - Firm, turning neither in nor out. Height to elbow about half height at withers. |
| - | Forearms | - (standard does not comment). |
| - | Carpus | - (standard does not comment). |
| - | Pasterns | - Short. |
| - | Forefeet | - Tight and firm. Well knuckled up and strongly padded. Not hare-footed. Nails short. |
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| - | Thighs | - Muscular. |
| - | Stifles/knees | - Well bent. |
| - | Lowerthighs | - (standard does not comment). |
| - | Metatarsus | - (standard does not comment). |
| - | Hocks | - Firm, well let down and parallel to each other. |
| - | Hindfeet | - Tight and firm. Well knuckled up and strongly padded. Not hare-footed. Nails short. |
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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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| Gait/Movement | - Back level, firm with no indication of roll. Stride free, long reaching in front and straight without high action; hind legs showing drive. Should not move close behind nor paddle nor plait in front. | |
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| Faults | - should be regarded in exact proportion to its degree. | |
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| Severe Faults | - (standard does not comment). | |
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ELIMINATING
FAULTS - Any dog clearly showing physical or behavioural abnormalities shall be disqualified. |
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| NOTE: Male animals should have two apparently normal testicles fully descended into the scrotum. | ||