The sun., 1915-03-21
FRENCH BULLDOGS TO
Be SHOWN AT ASTOR
4. Mcclure HALEY rs Chosen
to Judge Popular Breed
ut Big Hotel.

The annual French bulldog specially
-how under the auspices of the French
bulldog Club Of America will bc held at
the Hotel Astor on Friday, April "a. II is
conceded that the quarters used could
not be improved upon and in many ways
they are superior to any place IN America
u~ed for dog show.
~ n meeting Of the bench show COM
mittee held his week II was voted to have
4. Mcclure HALEY as Judge for this event
This selection ia one that would he hard 10
improve upon. "a French bulldogs haNr
'ained his attention for u number OF
years He has Judged ut soinc of the
largest shows and the entries always have
been heavy when he ofticiated. ~ this j.
the first time ~ has Judged in this section
for some time the show should attract a
record entry The officers and members
of this club are putting forth their best
efforts to make this snow record breaker.
The type favored iu French bulldogs
j. a dog active. intelligent and muscular
10 appearance. OF heavy bone. smooth
coat. conpactly built and of medium OF
small stature The points should be well
distributed and bear good relation one to
the other. no feature being ia such prom-
nence from either excess or lack of quality
that the animal appears deiorrned or lily
proportioncd in comparison of speci-
mems of different sex due allowance should
be made in favor of the bitches which do
not bear the characteristics Of the breed
TO the same marked degree a. the dogs
They should not weigh over 2S pounds
aud are divided into two classes. light
weight tunder % pounds and heavr-
weight ,over ~ and not exceeding -
pounds, The head should be- large, square
aud broad. cranium almost fiat. the under
jaw large and powerful. deep, square,
broad, undershot and well turned up.
The muzzle should be we'll laid back
and muscles Of cheeks well developed
The stop should be strongly defined. caus
ing a hollow or groove between the eyes
and extending UP in tho forehead The
nose short. broad and deep: nostrils broad
and black with we'll defined line between
them: the nose and fiews black. flews
thick, broad. pendant and deep. hanging
over the lower jaw at sides; tusks must
not show and front teeth only slightly.
The eyes wide apart. set low down in
the skull ss lar from the ears AS possible,
round in form. of moderate size. neither
sunken nor bulginR, and in color dark.
no hair and no white showing when look
ing forward The neck should b. thick
and we'll arched. with loose skin al the
throat The ears which are known as
the bat ear. should be broad AT the base.
elongated with round top. set high In the
head. but not too close together. carried
erect with the orince 10 the front,
The body must be short and we'll
rounded. chest broad. deep and tull. we'll
ribbed with the belly tucked up. The back
should be a roach back. with slight fall
close behind the shoulders II should be
strong and short broad at the shoulders
and narrowing AZ the lous. the ioreicgs
must be short. stout, straight and mus
should be strong and muscular. longer
than the forelegs. so as to elevate the
loins above the shoulders, hooks well let
down, the feet moderate in size, compact. ;.
and firmly set. toes compact, well split up.
with high knuckles and short, stubby nails +.
hind feet slightly longer than foreie"t
Tn. tail should be short or screwed. hang
low. thick at root and with fne tip. carried
low in repose, The desirabl. color Is al
brindle. dark preferred.
Disqualincations other than bar ears
any mu,ilation. solid black. black and
white. black and tan. liver and mouse
color. eyes Of different color, nose other
than black and harelip.