RED POLLED CATTLE. l6l 



of the belly by the milk veins shall not be held to disqualify 

 the animal whose sire and dam form part of an established 

 herd of the breed, or answer all other essentials of this stand- 

 ard description. 



(b) Form; there should be no horns, slugs or abortive 

 horns. 



(2) Points of a Superior Animal. 



(a) Color, a deep red, with udder of the same color, but 

 the tip of the tail may be white. 



(b) Nose, not dark or cloudy. 



II. The following notes are appended to the 

 above very incomplete description of so excellent a 

 breed : 



(1) Size Medium, inclining to large. 



(2) General Outline Parallelogrammic form. 



(3) Head Neat, clean, inclined to fine, polled and promi- 

 nent at the poll. 



(a) Nose, somewhat fine and a little long. 



(b) Muzzle, flesh-colored. 



(c) Nostrils, open. 



(d) Eyes, full, clear and well apart, with a little dish be- 

 tween- them. 



(e) Ears, a little long and thin and pointed upward and 

 outward. 



(4) Neck A* little long and inclining to fine. 



(a) Neat at junction with the head, guarding against 

 dewlap. 



(b) Widening development at neck vein, but not massive. 



(5) Back Wide, particularly at the loin, and straight. 



(a) Withers, medium to wide. 



(b) Too much prominence at hook points to be guarded 

 against. 



(6) Forequarters Nearly evenly developed with the hind- 

 quarters, but not massive. 



(a) Shoulders, fairly large, smooth, sloping gradually up- 

 ward and forward. 



(b) Chest, wide, especially through the lower half. 



(c) Breast, wide, deep and fairly full. 



(d) Brisket, between V-shaped and rounded, and wide. 



(e) Forearm, of medium development. 



(7) Body Large, somewhat long, especially in the 

 females, and capacious. 



(a) Ribs, at least moderately outward and rounded in 

 spring and coming well down. 



(b) Slackness at crops and fore flank to be guarded against. 



(c) Hind flank, coming well out and well downward, but 

 only moderately thick. 



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