THE ENGLISH RABBIT 



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I may say that they are generally looked upon as 

 good Selling Class, Any Other Variety, and Gift Class 

 Rabbits, and anything like a decent specimen is pretty 

 sure to " get into the money," and very often win, when 

 entered in either of the above ; of course, I mean at shows 

 where they have not provided classes for the English. 



As I am giving as illustrations to this sketch portraits 

 of some of the best specimens ever seen of the variety, 

 perhaps I have said enough of this old-fashioned 

 favourite for the purposes of these sketches, and will 

 append a scale for judging it : 



STANDARD OF EXCELLENCE FOR JUDGING ENGLISH 



RABBITS 



Head, not too coarse and thick . V V 

 Ears, erect and without white spots 



Eyes, rather full and expressive . " * - J p 



Nose markings, forming butterfly ''?,- "I v 



Face markings, and spots by eyes ';* ; V 

 Body, shape, not too chumpy ; coat, short and 



hard . . ,' ;V V v v . 



Saddle and trace markings and belly spots v 



Chain, distinctness and connectedness r : J . 



Condition and general appearance . ";' 



Size, not exceeding eight pounds . >3& ^ v 



5 Points 

 10 



5 

 10 



10 



10 , 



1 5 



V '' 20 

 ' "; '; 10 



^ ; ^ ; 5 

 Total 100 Points 



