THE MUSCLES
1 Elevator of the Shoulder
2 Posterior of the Shoulder Muscle
2 Anterior of the Shoulder Muscle
3 Trapezium Muscle
4 Small Trapezium Muscle
5 Muscle of the Milt
6 Chest Muscle
7 Neck Muscle
8 Outer Cheek Muscle
9 Broad Muscle of the Tongue
10 Anterior Extensor of the Arm
11 Large Zygomatic Muscle
12 Lower Extensor of the Arm
13 Outer Extensor of the Fore-arm
14 Shoulder-blade Muscle
15 Anterior Extensor of the Arm
16 Arm Muscle
17 Extensor of the Shin-bone
18 Inner Flexor of the Fore- foot
19 Outer Flexor of the Fore-foot
20 Common Extensor of the Toes
21 Sinewy Plate of the Hind-leg
22 Large Gluteal Muscle
23 Short Gluteal Muscle
24 Abductor Muscle of the Hind-leg
25 Sinewy Plate of the Abductor Muscle
of the Hind-leg
26 Thick Flexor of the Hind-leg
27 Broad Flexor of the Hind-leg
28 Long Muscle of the Calf
29 External Muscle of the Calf
30 Internal Muscle of the Calf
31 Flexor of the Toes
32 Outer Chewing Muscle

THE SKELETON
1 Upper Jaw
2 Skull (Forehead)
3 Cavity of the Eye
4 Lower Jaw
5 Occipital-bone
6 Cheek-bone
7 Nasal-bone
8 Parietal-bone
9 Neck Vertebras
10 Dorsal Vertebrae
11 Lumbar Vertebrae
12 Sacral-bone
13 Caudal Vertebrae
14 Ischium
15 Breast-bone
16 Shoulder-blade
17 Ribs
18 Humerus
19 Ulna
20 Fore-arm
21 Knee-joint
22 Metacarpal-bones
23 Metacarpol-bones
24 Caudal-bone
25 Femur
26 Tibia
27 Tarsus
28 Metatarsal-bones
29 of the Knee
30 Joint of the Shoulder

General Appearance
The perfect Bulldog must be of medium size and smooth coat; with heavy,
thickset, low-swung body, massive short-faced head, wide shoulders and
sturdy limbs. The general appearance and attitude should suggest great
stability, vigor and strength. Sound sturdy limbs and the suggestion of great
stability, vigor and strength are as important to the present day's Bulldog
as they were to its ancestors. The disposition should be equitable and kind,
resolute and courageous (not vicious or aggressive), and demeanor should
be pacific and dignified. These attributes should be countenanced by the
expression and behavoir.

Sound sturdy limbs and the suggestion of great stability, vigor and strength
are as important to the present day's Bulldog as they were to its ancestors.

Size, Proportion, Symmetry

Head Eyes and Eyelids

The eyes, seen from the front, should be situated lowdown in the skull, as far
from the ears as possible, and their corners should be in a straight line at right angles
with the stop. They should be quite in front of the head, as wide apart as possible, provided their outer corners are within the outline of the cheeks when viewed from
the front.They should be quite round in form, of moderate size, neither sunken nor bulging and in colour should be very dark. The lids should cover the white of the eyeball, when the dog is looking directly forward, and the lid should show no 'haw'. An imaginary horizontal line passing through the four corners of the eyes should be at a right angle with the stop and just rest on top of the nose. Though the shape of the eye is round,
the eyelids give a more almond look to the eye.

An imaginary horizontal line passing through the four corners of the eyes, should be
at a right angle with the stop and just rest on top of the nose. Though the shape
of the eye is round, the eyelids give a more almond look to the eye.

Ears

The ears should be set high in the head, the front inner edge of each ear joining
the outline of the skull at the top back corner of skull, so as to place them as wide
apart, and as high, and as far from the eyes as possible. In size they should be
small and thin. The shape termed 'rose ear' is the most desirable. The rose ear
folds inward at its back lower edge, the upper front edge curving over, outward
and backward, showing part of the inside of the burr.

When viewed from the front and side, top of the ears should
be level with top outline of the skull with the burr partially
exposed and the entire edge of the ear visible.

Skull

The skull should be very large, and in circumference, in front of the
ears, should measure at least the height of the dog at the shoulders.
Viewed from the front, it should appear very high from the corner of
the lower jaw to the apex of the skull, and also very broad and square.

Viewed at the side, the head should appear very high, and very short from the point
of the nose to occiput. The forehead should be flat (not rounded or domed), neither too prominent nor overhanging the face.

Head very high showing good layback. An imaginary line should touch the lower
jaw, tip of nose and top of head. LONG, FLAT forehead.

CHEEKS - The cheeks should be well-rounded, protruding sideways and outward
beyond the eyes.

STOP - The temples or frontal bones should be very well defined, broad,
square and high, causing a hollow or grove between the eyes. This indentation,
or stop, should be both broad and deep and extend up the middle of the
forehead, dividing the head vertically, being traceable to the top ofthe skull.

Indentation in skull, called 'the furrow' extends from between the eyes to top
of head. Not to be obscured by forehead wrinkles.

NOSE - The nose should be large, broad and black, its tip set back deeply
between the eyes. The distance from bottom of stop, between the eyes,
to the tip of the nose should be as short as possible and not exceed the
length from the tip of nose to the edge of underlip. The nostrils should be
wide, large and black, with a well-defined line between them. Any nose
other than black is objectionable and a brown or liver-colored nose
shall disqualify.

Front of nose slants back closely following contour of head.
Not perpendicular. Large, black, wide nostrils. In the scale
of points, the nose has 6, more than any other feature.

LIPS - The chops or 'flews' should be thick, broad, pendant
and very deep, completely overhanging the lower jaw at
each side. They join the underlip in front and almost or
quite cover the teeth, which should be scarcely noticeable
when the mouth is closed.

Neck, Topline, Body

NECK - The neck should be short, very thick, deep and strong and well
arched at the back.

Neck short but EVIDENT and WELL-ARCHED. Too short a neck gives
an overall unbalanced appearance.

TOPLINE - There should be a slight fall in the back, close behind
the shoulders (its lowest part), whence the spine should rise to the
loins (the top of which should be higher than the top of the shoulders),
thence curving again more suddenly to the tail, forming an arch (a very
distinctive feature of the breed), termed 'roach'; or, more correctly, 'wheel'.

BODY - The brisket and body should be very capacious, with full sides,
well rounded ribs and very deep from the shoulders down to its lowest
part, where it joins the chest. It should be well let down between the
shoulders and forelegs, giving the dog a broad, low, short legged appearance.

Wide shoulders, barrel ribs and a narrow pelvic area give the Bulldog
a 'pear-shaped' body.

Brisket well let down between the forelegs. Fullness of the brisket can
be observed in front of the forelegs from sideview.

CHEST - The chest should be very broad, deep and full.

UNDERLINE - The body should be well-ribbed-up behind with the
belly tucked up and not rotund.

BACK and LOIN - The back should be short and strong, very broad at the
shoulders and comparatively narrow at the loins. A back of correct length creates
a balanced appearance and facilitates correct Bulldog movement. Bulldogs
appear to be slightly longer in body than their height at the shoulder.

TAIL - The tail may be either straight or 'screwed' (but never curved
or curly), and in any case must be short, hung low, with decided
downward carriage, thick root and fine tip. If straight, the tail should
be cylindrical and of uniform taper. If 'screwed', the bends or kinks
should be well-defined, and they may be abrupt and even knotty,
but no portion of the member should be elevated above the base
or root.

Forequarters

SHOULDERS - Should be muscular, very heavy, widespread and slanting
outward, giving stability and great power.

FORELEGS - The forelegs should be short, very stout, straight and muscular,
set wide apart, with well-developed calves, presenting a bowed outline, but the
bones of the legs should not be curved or bandy, nor the feet brought too
close together.

Correct turn of shoulder with proper front legs showing straight perpendicular inner forelegs will form a near square from the top of the legs and across.

Narrow-fronted showing a vertical rectangle between the front legs.

Undesirable. An obvious rectangle between the front legs, indicating legs that are too short, of shoulders that are too wide or both Undesirable.

ELBOWS - The elbows should be low and stand well out and loose from the body.

Well constructed Bulldogs from ground to elbow should be about 50%of the distance
from ground to height at the withers.

FEET - The feet should be moderate in size, compact and firmly set.
Toes compact, well-split-up, with high knuckles and very short stubby
nails. The front feet may be straight or slightly out-turned.

LEGS - Hind legs should be strong and muscular and
longer than forelegs, so as to elevate loins above shoulders.
Hocks should be slightly bent and well-let-down, so as to give
length and strength from loins to hock. Lower leg should be
short, straight and strong, with stifles turned slightly outward
and away from the body. Hocks are thereby made to approach
each other, and the hind feet to turn outward.

FEET - Should be moderate in size, compact and firmly set.
Toes compact,well-split-up, with high nuckles and short
stubby nails. Hind feet should be pointed well-outward.

Coat and Skin

COAT - Should be straight, short, flat, close, of fine texture, smooth and glossy.
(No fringe, feather or curl).

SKIN - The skin should be soft and loose, especially at the head, neck and shoulders.

WRINKLES and DEWLAP - The head and face should be covered with heavy
wrinkles, and at the throat, from jaw to chest, there should be two loose
pendulous folds, forming the dewlap. Forehead wrinkle should not obscure
furrow in skull. Wrinkle(s) over the nose to be of moderate size, neither
extending beyond the tip of the nose, obscuring vision in any way nor being
too large and out of proportion.

Color of Coat

The color of coat should be uniform, pure of its kind and brilliant. The various
colours found in the breed are to be preferred in the following order:
1. red brindle;
2. all other brindles;
3. solid white;
4. solid red,fawn or fallow;
5. piebald;
6. inferior qualities of all the foregoing.

Note: A perfect piebald is preferable to a muddy brindle or defective solid color.
Solid black is very undesirable, but not so objectionable if occuring to a moderate
degree in piebald patches. The brindles to be perfect should have a fine, even and
equal distribution of the composite colours. In brindles and solid colors a small white patch on the chest is not considered detrimental. In piebalds the color patches should
be well-defined, of pure colour and symmetrically distributed.

Gait

The style and carriage are peculiar, his gait being a loose-jointed, shuffling, sidewise motion, giving the characteristic 'roll'. The action must be, however, be unrestrained, free and vigorous. The proper Bulldog, with short wide set front legs and longer narrow set rear legs has a peculiar gait that results in a side to side motion or 'roll'. The roll can be observed by following the 'sidewise' motion of the skin over the loin and the 'sidewise' motion at the base of the tail.

Temperment

The disposition should be equable and kind, resolute and courageous (notvicious or aggressive), and demeanor should be pacific and dignified. These attributes should be countenanced by the expression and behavior. A friendly outgoing companionable breed which is readily observed in its expression
and demeanor.