Anglo Francais Tricolore

           

         

 

            

FRANÇAIS TRICOLORE
 Francais Tricolore, French Tricolored Hound
60 lbs. 25"-28" Coat is short and rather fine. Tricolor with black mantel. Tan markings are preferably bright or even copper-taned. The grizzled "wolf" color is allowed.

 

                          

 

 
GENERAL APPEARANCE ***  Large pack hound, elegant, sufficiently well boned and muscled.

HEAD *  Not too imposing, but quite elongated; occipital protuberance marked.

NOSE  *  Black; open nostrils.

MUZZLE *  Straight, rather long and sometimes slightly arched.

LIPS  *  More substantial than in the Pointevin, i.e. very slightly large.

 

SKULL  ***  Very slightly domed, skull quite developed and the stop more accentuated than in the Pointevin.

EYES  * Big and brown, sometimes circled with black. Intelligent expression.

LEATHERS  *  Broader than those of the Poitevin, set at eye level, slightly curled, not too supple, preferably extending to the set-on of the nose or within two fingers of it.

NECK  *  Long, rather strong and sometimes with a slight trace of dewlap.

 

SHOULDERS : ***  Long and close to the chest.

FOREQUARTERS : Well positioned, broad and straight.

FEET  *  Lean.

CHEST  * Deep and well let down, at least as far down as the point of the elbows.

RIBS  *  Long and not too flat.

 

BACK  ***  Sustained and solid.

FLANK  *  Very slightly tucked up.
TAIL  * Quite long, carried high and with elegance.

HIPS   *  Well laid, in harmony with the forequarters.

THIGHS  *  Long, sufficiently muscled.

HOCKS  *  Rather broad, low set, slightly bent.

 

COAT ***  HAIR  Short and rather fine.

COLOUR *  Tricolour, with black mantle more or less spread out. Tan preferably bright or even copper-taned. Neither blackend tan on the cheeks and on the lips nor the blue or tan fleckings on the legs and on the body are to be sought after. The grizzled "wolf" colour is admitted.

SKIN *  Quite fine.

SIZE  *  From 62 to 72 cm for the males and from 60 to 68 cm for the females.

MOVEMENT/GAIT  *  Easy and light.

 

 

 

FAULTS   ***   Any departure from the foregoing points should be considered a fault and the seriousness with which the fault should be regarded should be in exact proportion to its degree. Leathers too flat, too short or set too high. Undershot or overshot mouth. Pink spots on the nose. Light eyes. Legs badly positioned or thin.
Hocks too straight. Fat feet. Any apparent trace of English hound blood, especially in the head. Smoky  coloured heads which indicate cross-breeding with the White and Black Hound and all other colours other than those above mentioned.

Male *  animals should have two apparently normal testicles fully descended into the scrotum.

 

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