OFFICIAL STANDARDS OF EXCELLENCE FOR SHEEP I'.i'S 



HAMPSHIRE DOWN. 



STANDARD OF EXCELLENCE ADOPTED BY AMERICAN 



HAMPSHIRE DOWN SHEEP BREEDERS 



ASSOCIATION, VOL. I, 189O. 



Head — :\Io(lerately large, but not coarse; well covered with 

 wool on forehead and cheeks. 



Nostrils — Wide. 



Color — Head and Legs — Dark brown or black. 



Eyes — Prominent and lustrous. 



Ears — Moderately long and thin and dark brown or black 

 color. 



Leg«- — Well under outside of body, straight with good size 

 of bone, black. 



Neck — A regular taper from shoulders to head, without any 

 hollow in front of shoulders, set high up on body. 



Shoulders — Sloping full, and not higher than the line of 

 back and neck. 



Chest — Deep and full in the heart place, with breast prom- 

 inent and full. 



Back — Straight with full spring of rib. 



Loin — Wide and straight, without depression in front of hips. 



Quarters — Long from hips to rump, without sloping, and 

 deep in thigh. Broad in hips and rump, with full hams. Inside 

 of thighs full. 



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SCALE OF POINTS. 5 



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Head — Size and .shape, 5; ears and eyes, 3; color, 5; legs and 



feet, 2 15 



Neck, Shoulders and Breast — Neck, 5; shoulders, 10; chest 



and breast, 15 30 



Body — Back and loin, 15 ; rib, 5 20 



Quarters — Length, 10; width, 10; twist, 5 25 



Wool — Forehead and cheeks, 2; belly, well covered, 3; qual- 

 ity, 5 10 



Total 100 



