258 LIVE-STOCK JUDGING 



The most common defects noticed among representatives 

 of this breed are a lack of mutton development in fore- 



FIG. 127. A Dorset-horn ram. 



quarters and spring of rib, and a light fleece that is not 

 evenly distributed. 



276. The Cheviot. Cheviots have been bred for 

 centuries in the Cheviot Hills of the Scotch border, al- 

 though outside this district to which they are native they 

 have received less consideration than some of the other 

 breeds. The Cheviot (Fig. 128) is of medium size, rams 

 weighing 200 pounds, ewes 150 pounds ; it has a good 

 mutton form, although hardly equal to that of the Down 

 breeds, and yields an excellent fleece of pure white wool. 



