This sort of switchback work is all right for a cobby, short-backed, short-legged little horse, but it is killing work for a big, long-striding hunter such as one wants in the Midlands.

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GENERAL APPEARANCEA small cobby animal with sharp expression, intensely lively, presenting the appearance of being always on the alert.

Further, it is only necessary to remark that the Schipperke is a dog of quality, of distinct characteristics, cobby in appearance, not long in the back, nor high on the leg; the muzzle must not be weak and thin, nor short and blunt; and, finally, he is not a prick-eared, black wire-haired terrier.

It is probable too that the type in favour to-day, of a short coupled, rather "cobby" dog, fairly high on the leg, is more like that of these old-fashioned Cockers than that which obtained a decade or two ago, when they were scarcely recognised as a separate breed, and the Spaniel classes were usually divided into "Field Spaniels over 25 lb."

Some were tall on the leg, some short; some were lanky and others cobby; many were very small.

They must be neither cloddy or cobby, but should be framed on the lines of speed, showing a graceful racing outline.

Still, it ought to be decidedly "cobby," with strong, stout legs, short broad back and wide chest.

He has the same square, cobby appearance, broad chest, bowed legs, profuse feather, and large, lustrous eyespoints which are frequently looked for in vain nowadaysand his breeder and owner may well be proud of him.

BODYVery compact and squarely built, with a short back, rather wide chest, and of generally "cobby" shape.

BODY AND SHAPEShould be short and cobby, low to the ground, and the back should be straight from the top of the shoulders to the tail.

In every respect except markings the black Pug should be built on the same lines as the fawn, and be a cobby little dog with short back and well-developed hind-quarters, wide in skull, with square and blunt muzzle and tightly-curled tail.

First and foremost, both in importance and in beauty, comes the Griffon Bruxellois, a cobby, compact little dog, with wiry red coat, large eyes, short nose, well turned up, and sloping back, very prominent chin, and small ears.

To a very great extent the condition is hereditary, and is observed frequently in animals of the short, 'cobby' type.