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Show of such 'great value that they were not always permitted to take part in the more dangerous sports of boar hunting and the wolf chase. In those two sports it was said that the Great Dane's life was constantly in peril, which was one of the reasons why the large mastiffs were mostly used to track the boar and to chase the wolf. The chief points of a Great Dane may be given as follows: Gc-DPnil fippnarnnei? The Grfnt Dano is not co lieavy or massive as the mastiff, nor should ho too iir.-irly approach the grpyhonnl in tvpe. Remarkable in size and very muscular: stroiigly though elegaiitly built; movements easy umi graceful: head anri nock carried high; the ial earned horizontally with the baek or Plight v upward, with a slight cur at the ex t rem ity. The minimum height and weight of dogs should be thirty inches and 120 pounds: of bitches twenty-eight Inches and 100 pounds. Eyes Are Deeply Set. U -ad Lonir : th- frontal bones of Hie forehead fore-head very slightly raiBod and very little Inden-tiou Inden-tiou 'between the eyes. Skull not" too broad. Muzzle broad and strong- and blunt at point! Cheek muHt-b'S well developed. " Nose larg 1 bridge well arched. Lips In front perpendicularly perpendicu-larly bVuvted. not lini;iug too much over t lie sides, ough with well-defined Mds nt the angb- V' Hie mou'li. Tbe lower jaw nlighj.ly projecting about a sixteenth of an inch. Eyes small, round, with sharp expn ssion and deeply set. but the wall or china, c e is quite correct in harlequins, Cropping being prohibited in Englnnd. the standard culls for small cars, carried greyhound grey-hound fashion, which 1 hey s-ddoni are. being commonly held like a terrier's. Here the ears are cropped and not too closely at t lie hurt. The -crop is carried pretty 'gh, but not attenuated, atten-uated, and the ears should be held well up to give smartness to the appearance of the dog. Neck Rather long, very strong and muscular, well arched, without dewlap or Iuom' skin about the throat. The junction of the head and neck strongly pronounced. Chest Not too broad and very deep in brisket. Bncli Not too long or short; tail arched mid falling in a beautiful line to the ius.-rl ion of the tail. Tall Reaching to or just below the hock-strong hock-strong at the root and ending flue, with a slight curve. When excited it becomes nirro curved, but in no case should it curve over tlii bacli. - Belly Well drawn up. Fore-quarters Shoulders set sloping; elbows well under, turned neither inwards or outwards. Leg Forearm muscular aud with great development devel-opment of bone; the whole leg strong and quite i straight . Hindquarters Muscular t hirhs : second t hi lis long aud strong, as in the greyhound. Hocks j well lei. down and turning m it her in nor out. Feet Large and round, neither turned inward nor ou ward. TocS well arched and closed. Nails strong and curved. Coat Very short, hard and dense and not much longer on . the un.b r part of the tail. Gray Color Predominates, Color and markings The recognized colors are the various shades of gray (commonly termed bluet , red. black, pure white, or white with patches of the above-mentioned colors. These colors are sometimes accompanied by markings of a darker tint about the eves and muscle, and with n lin' of the same tint' (called a trace) nlong the spine. The above ground colors also appear in the brindles and are alpo t he ground colors of the mot I led specimens. In the u liite-copired specimens the china or wall-eye but rarely appears, and the nose more or less approaches black, according to ti)e pro. vailing tint of tm dog. and the eyes vary In color als The mottled specimens have irregular irregu-lar pa tches or "clouds" upon the above-na rued ground colors; hi some instances (hp clouds or markings hMne of i wo or more tints. With the mottled .speeirm ns the wall or china eye is not uncommon and t he n"M is often p.i'rt colored or wholly flesh colored. Ou the conti-ueut conti-ueut t he most fa shfonable and correct color is considered to bp pure white, with black patches, and lending judges ard admirers there consider tli- slate colored, or blue patches intermingled v!!li the black, as most undesirable. ' SMALL FORTUNE IN BASEBALLS ALONE Eighty dollars for baseballs for each game played In the world's series! That sounds big, but nevertheless, that Is approximately what it will cost to furnish the principal Item for the baseball base-ball classic this year. As in other things, the high cost has hit baseballs, which now bring 520 a dozen. It is estimated four dozen balls will be used In eaoh game. On this basis, ba-sis, if it is decided to play nine games in the series, and it hecomes necessary to run the entire slrmg before the win- |