THE BELGIAN HARE 4 3 



age at maturity, eleven months ; official cut for lacking 

 weight at maturity, half a point to the quarter pound, or 

 fraction thereof, and in immature specimens, half as heavy 

 a cut, calculating them to weigh a pound for every month 

 of age. 



SCALE FOR RATING FAT HARES 



Dressed Capons 



Best portion of carcass, ham and loins . .20 Points 

 Quality of flesh, size of bone considered . 20 

 Colour of flesh, and fat . . . . 20 



Degree of fatness . . . . .10,, 



Weight . . . . . . . 20 ,, 



Manner of dressing and preparing for shipment i o , , 



Total 100 Points 



Up to now Americans have undoubtedly proved the 

 best buyers of valuable stock that traders in this country 

 have ever met with, so I have ventured to give detailed 

 particulars of their views about this variety, as I have 

 never seen them set out in any work on Rabbits hitherto 

 published here, and hope they may be of service to some 

 of my fellow fanciers. 



The Belgian Hare has been taken up much more 

 warmly of late years in this country, more especially in 

 the South and West. It has always had a fair amount of 

 support in the North, where they are keen fanciers of 

 Dogs, Cats, Rabbits, as well as Pigeons and some varieties 

 of Poultry. 



