PART I. 



Selection. 



N THE selection of suitable subjects for the 

 show-ring, the greatest care and soundest judg- 

 ment must needs be employed to avoid disaster 

 at the outset, and animals carrying only the truest 

 impress and highest characteristics of the breed 

 II intended to be represented, should be selected. 



Whilst size is a most important factor in the 

 make-up of a show animal, the fact should not be lost sight 

 of that quality must under no consideration be sacrificed at 

 the expense of quantity. That an animal of extra large size, 

 possessed of extra' quality, must naturally defeat an animal of 

 less size and carrying no more quality than its opponent, 

 must be at once clear to the merest novice. It does not 

 stand that no big rams carry quality of a high degree any 

 more than all small or medium size ones carry the superlative 

 degree of quality. But it should be borne in mind that a 

 happy combination of size and quality, and vice-versa, is 

 the key-note of the exhibitors' success. 



Seek for Constitution. 



One most important feature in the selection of our sheep 

 is constitution. Be observant that both rams and ewes carry 



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