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4. Neck. Short, well set to the shoulders, tapering from 



shoulder to head. 



Objections : Long, thick or bulky. 



5. Jowl. Light and tapering from neck to point, neat and 



firm 2 



Objections : Large, broad, deep or flabby. 



6. Shoulders. Deep, medium width and fullness, well in 



line with back 6 



Objections : Narrow on top or bottom, thick be- 

 yond line with sides and hams. 



7. Chest . Large, deep and roomy ; full girth, extending 



down even with line of belly 12 



Objections : Narrow at top or bottom ; small girth, 

 cramped or tucked up. 



8. Back and loin. Back straight or slightly arched ; . 



medium breadth, with nearly uniform thickness from 

 shoulders to hams and full at loins ; sometimes higher 



at hips than at shoulders 15 



Objections : Narrow, creased or drooped behind 

 shoulders ; surface ridgy or uneven. 



9. Sides and ribs. Sides smooth, full, firm, carry size 



evenly from shoulders to hams; ribs strong, well 



sprung at top and bottom 8 



Objections : Sides thin, flat, flabby or creased or ribs 

 not well sprung. 



10. Belly and flank. Straight and full, devoid of gross- 



ness ; flank full and running nearly on line with sides . 6 



Objections: Belly sagging or flabby; flank thin 

 or tucked up. 



11. Hams and rump. Hams of medium width, long and 



deep ; rump slightly rounded from loin to root of tail ; 

 buttock full, neat and firm ; devoid of flabbiness or 



excessive fat 10 



Objections : Ham narrow, cut too high in crotch, 

 buttock flabby, rump too fat, too narrow or too steep, 

 or peaked at root of tail. 



12. Legs and feet. Legs medium length, set well apart and 



squarely under body, wide above knee and hock, and 

 rounded and well muscled below, tapering, bone me- 

 dium, pasterns short and nearly upright, toes short and 

 firm, enabling the animal to carry its weight with ease 10 



Objections : Legs too long, slim, crooked, coarse or 

 short ; weak muscles above hock, and knee bone large 

 and coarse, and legs without taper, pasterns too long 



