LECTURE NO. 10. 



SHORTHORNS THEIR PRINCIPAL POINTS. 



In the absence of an authorized scale of points, 

 the following is submitted : 



I. Size The size should be relatively large, 

 but medium for the breed. 



(1) The fore and hind quarters should be equally well 

 developed. 



(2) Compactness of form is more important in the male, 

 but it is essential in the female as well. 



II. Head Small in proportion to the size of 

 the animal, clean cut, handsome and well set on, 

 longer and narrower in the female, but stronger in 

 the male. 



(1) Forehead, broad between the eyes. 



(2) Face, slightly dished in the female, and tapering 

 gracefully below the eyes to the nostril. /) p t _^ 



(3) Nose, medium in size and straight. &f** 



(4) Muzzle, medium to broad, full and moist and flesh 

 colored. 



(5) Nostrils, large and fairly expansive. 



(6) Cheeks, not heavily fleshed, the lower jaw in the 

 female thin. 



(7) Eyes, large, full, bright, intelligent, calm. 



(8) Ears, medium in size and thickness, well covered with 

 soft hair, somewhat erect and possessed of an average amount 

 of play. 



(9) Poll, fairly broad and level. 



(10) Horns, short but longer and finer in the female, flat 

 rather than round at the base, spreading and curving grace- 

 fully forward, with a slightly downward or upward tendency, 

 and of a creamy white or yellowish color. 



III. Neck Medium in length, strong and 

 arched in the male, but finer in the female, and grad- 



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