306 THE STUDY OF BREEDS. 



(/O Hindquarter, long, deep, fairly full, and rounded at 

 the buttock. 



(i) Ham, large and gradually rounded off rather than 

 square. 



(j) Tail, medium strong, but not very long, and curled. 



(k) Twist, low, and moderately full. 



(5) Legs Medium in length, moderately wide apart, 

 straight, strong and firmly placed under the body. 



(6) Skin Smooth and covered plentifully with hair. 



(a) Hair, not coarse and without any bristles. 



(b) The color is a red or bright chestnut, often termed 

 sandy, and it usually darkens with age. 



II. General Appearance In general appear- 

 ance the Tamworth is long, smooth and at least fair- 

 ly deep; the snout is too long to meet the popular 

 ideal of beauty in the same ; the ham has a little more 

 of depth than the shoulder; the legs are strong and 

 straight and the carriage is easy and active. 



III. Compared with Chester Whites. 



(1) Tamworths are not so massive, not so wide, deeper 

 in proportion to the width and something more arched in the 

 back. 



(2) Their heads are lighter, snouts considerably longer, 

 jowls something lighter, and ears smaller and more erect. 



(3) Their limbs are somewhat stronger, and there are 

 the differences in color mentioned. 



IV. Compared with Improved Yorkshires. 



(1) The Tamworths have the same general form and 

 length and strength of limb, and the same easy and active car- 

 riage, but 



(2) They are lighter in the head, longer and straighter 

 in the snout, have less of down spring in the under jaw, less of 

 size in the jowl, and more of rounding outward and downward 

 away from the line of the back, and 



(3) There are the differences in color mentioned. 



