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He should be not smaller than fourteen hands nor larger than fifteen. He is strongly but not clumsily built, short-coupled, with none of the snipy speedy range of the valley animal. You will select preferably one of wide full forehead, indicating intelligence, low in the withers, so the saddle will not be apt to gall him.
My motorcycle is named Uncle Sam. Did you win yet?" For answer they laughed and slapped him on the shoulder and repeated, "You're all right, kid!" "Looks as if Snipy must have had his eye on you, huh?" one of them observed. "Who's Snipy?" Tom asked. "Oh, that's mostly what he gets called," said someone, mimicking Tom's own phrase. "His rifle's named Tommy.
HEAD Not so heavy in proportion and not so high in occiput as in the modern Field Spaniel, with a nicely developed muzzle or jaw; lean, but not snipy, and yet not so square as in the Clumber or Sussex varieties, but always exhibiting a sufficiently wide and well-developed nose.
HEAD Should be quite characteristic of this grand sporting dog, as that of the Bloodhound or the Bulldog; its very stamp and countenance should at once convey the conviction of high breeding, character and nobility; skull well developed, with a distinctly elevated occipital tuberosity, which, above all, gives the character alluded to; not too wide across muzzle, long and lean, never snipy nor squarely cut, and in profile curving gradually from nose to throat; lean beneath eyes, a thickness here gives coarseness to the whole head.
The width of skull necessarily depends upon combined length of skull and muzzle; and the whole must be considered in connection with the size of the dog. The cheek should not be full or prominent. THE MUZZLE should be of fair length, tapering to the nose, and must not show weakness or be snipy or lippy. Whatever the colour of the dog may be, the nose must be black.
The skull should be broad rather than narrow, to allow plenty of brain room, slightly arched, and fairly straight, without a stop, but not deep or snipy. EYES Medium in size, oval, and set obliquely, with very clear, sharp expression and of a dark colour, except in the case of the liver and tan, when the eyes may be yellow; and in the dapple, when the eyes may be light or "wall-eyed."
"I'll tell you all about it," said Tom, "only first tell me, are you the feller they call the Jersey Snipe?" "Snipy, for short," said Roscoe. "Then maybe you saved my life already," said Tom, "out in No Man's Land." "Were you the kid on that wheel?" Roscoe asked, surprised. "Yes, and I always knew you'd make a good soldier. I told everybody so." "Kind of?
About this house a dozen or more figures moved in the darkness. Their style of dress was not distinguishable, but Tom Slade called aloud to them, "Here's some prisoners we brought you back." In an instant they were surrounded by Americans and Tom thought that his native tongue had never sounded so good before. "Hello, Snipy," some one said. But Roscoe Bent was too astonished to answer.
There has been a tendency in recent years among Retriever breeders to fall into the common error of exaggerating a particular point, and of breeding dogs with a head far too fine and narrow it is what has been aptly called the alligator head lacking in brain capacity and power of jaw. A perfect head should be long and clean, but neither weak nor snipy.
"I drank about a quart of it around noontime," said a young sergeant, "and I'm here yet." "It's good and cool," observed another. "What's the matter with Snipy, anyway?" a private asked, laughing. "Somebody been spinning him around?" "He just got mixed up, kind of, that's all," Tom said. That was all. There was much excitement in and about the little cottage on the edge of the village.
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