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ually widening and deepening and slightly rounding 

 as it approaches the shoulder. 



(1) It should spring straight from the back, should set 

 well into the shoulder and brisket and should carry the 

 head gracefully. 



(2) The throat should be clean cut and without dewlap. 



IV. Body Long, broad, deep, only mod- 

 erately long in the coupling and rectangular, almost 

 a parallelogram, and evenly covered with firm flesh. 



(1) Back, straight, wide and level from withers to tail- 

 head, broad and well filled in the loin, and well fleshed 

 throughout. 



(2) Withers, broad. 



(3) Shoulders, well developed and lying well within 

 the body, blending nicely with the neck in front and crops 

 behind and w r ell covered. 



(4) Forearm, strong and broad where it joins the body 

 and tapering gracefully to the knee. 



(5) Breast, full, wide and deep, and the chest capacious. 



(6) Brisket, broad and well rounded. 



(7) Crops, full. 



(8) Ribs, springing well and level from the backbone, 

 coming well down, and so filling the space behind the shoul- 

 der and in front of the hooks, that the animal will appear 

 straight and level from the shoulder to the buttock. 



(9) Heart girth and flank girth, good, and about equal. 



(10) Hind quarters, long and full from the hooks to the 

 pin bones, deep throughout and broad in every part. 



(n) Hips, broad and on a level with the back and loin. 



(12) Hind flank, full, deep and thick. 



(13) Thigh, broad, full and well fleshed within and 

 without. 



(14) Rumps, broad but not prominent. 



(15) Buttock, broad and square. 



(16) Twist, deep and full, and placed low. 



(17) Tail, rather fine, somewhat broad at the top, but 

 level, set perpendicularly on a level with the back and not 

 too much covered with hair. 



V. Udder Broad and full, extending well 

 forward along the belly and well up behind and 

 evenly quartered. 



(1) Teats of good size and squarely placed, well apart, 

 and having a slight oblique pointing outward. 



(2) Milk veins, large, tortuous and swelling, and with 

 fairly large orifices leading into the body. 



