over the back and carried flat and straight, being profusely covered with long, harsh, spreading hair.  COAT—­There should be two coats, an undercoat and an overcoat; the one a soft fluffy undercoat, the other a long, perfectly straight coat, harsh in texture, covering the whole of the body, being very abundant round the neck and fore part of the shoulders and chest where it should form a frill of profuse standing off straight hair, extending over the shoulders.  The hind-quarters should be clad with long hair or feathering, from the top of the rump to the hock.  COLOUR—­All whole colours are admissible, but they should be free from white or shadings, and the whites must be quite free from lemon or any other colour.  A few white hairs in any of the self colours shall not necessarily disqualify.  At present the whole coloured dogs are:—­White, black, brown (light or dark), blue (as pale as possible), orange (which should be as deep and even in colour as possible), beaver, or cream.  Dogs, other than white, with white foot or feet, leg or legs, are decidedly objectionable and should be discouraged, and cannot compete as whole coloured specimens.  In parti-coloured dogs the colours should be evenly distributed on the body in patches; a dog with white or tan feet or chest would not be a parti-colour.  Shaded sables should be shaded throughout with three or more colours, the hairs to be as “uniformly shaded” as possible, with no patches of self colour.  In mixed classes where whole coloured and parti-coloured Pomeranians compete together, the preference should, if in other points they are equal, be given to the whole coloured specimens.  Where classification is not by colours the following is recommended for adoption by show committees:—­1.  Not exceeding 7 lb.  (Pomeranian Miniatures). 2.  Exceeding 7 lb. (Pomeranians). 3.  Pomeranians and Pomeranian Miniatures mixed.

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The early type of a Pomeranian was that of a dog varying from 10 lb. or 12 lb. weight up to 20 lb. weight, or even more, and some few of about 12 lb. and over are still to be met with; but the tendency among present-day breeders is to get them as small as possible, so that diminutive specimens weighing less than 5 lb. are now quite common, and always fetch higher prices than the heavier ones.  The dividing weight, as arranged some ten years ago by the Pomeranian Club, is 8 lb., and the Kennel Club has recently divided the breed into two classes of Pomeranians and Pomeranians Miniature.

As a rule the white specimens adhere more nearly to the primitive type, and are generally over 8 lb. in weight, but through the exertions of many breeders, several are now to be seen under this limit.

The principal breeders of this colour in England to-day are Miss Hamilton of Rozelle, Miss Chell, Miss Lee-Roberts, Mrs. Pope, and Mrs. Goodall-Copestake.  The first two whites to become full champions under Kennel Club rules were Rob of Rozelle and Konig of Rozelle, both belonging to Miss Hamilton of Rozelle.