CHAPTER XIII 



THE ANGORA RABBIT 



I HAVE a strong idea that if such a thing were possible 

 as to take a poll of the visitors, not fanciers, who attend 

 our exhibitions in the year, it would be found that a large 

 majority of them are in favour of Angoras, before any 

 other variety of Rabbit, and they certainly obtain the 

 most admiration from the non-exhibiting public. 



I have always had a sneaking kindness for them, and 

 during the whole of my exhibiting career have, I think, 

 kept a few specimens. 



I daresay some of my readers have heard the old saying 

 of an Angora fancier, a That a good specimen could hardly 

 be groomed too much, and that a bad one never wanted 

 it." There is a good deal of truth in it, as the soft and 

 almost downy character of the hair, or wool, of a high- 

 class specimen is just the sort that will knot, mat, and 

 gather all kinds of unconsidered trifles into it unless well 

 looked after, and knowing this, when I have a class of 

 the variety before me, or meet some of them in Any Other 

 Variety, Gift or Selling Classes, I take particular care they 

 shall receive their utmost notice if up to the mark, as 

 I know, from my own experience, they must have given 



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