142 JUDGING SHEEP 



TUNIS OR BROAD TAILED SHEEP. 



STANDARD OF EXCELLENCE ADOPTED BY THE AMERICAN "£ 



TUNIS SHEEP BREEDERS ASSOCIATION. g 



SCALE OF POINTS. CJ 



Blood 20 



Constitution 15 



Fleece 10 



Covering 10 



Form and Tail 12 



Head and Ears 10 



Neck ? 



Legs 6 



Size 6 



General Appearance 6 



Total 100 



Blood — Imported from Tunis, or having a perfect line of an- 

 cestors extending back to the floclv owned and bred by Judge 

 Richard Peters of Belmont, near Philadelphia, who received his 

 first pair from Tunis in 1779, and bred them pure for more than 

 20 years. 



Constitution — Healthful countenance, lively look, head erect, 

 deep chest, ribs well arched, round body with good length. 

 Strong straight back; muscles fine and firm. 



Fleece — Medium lengtli, medium quality, medium quantitj% col- 

 or tinctur-ed with gray, never pure wliite. Evenness throughout. 



Covering — Body and neck well covered with wool. Legs bare 

 or slightly covered; face free from wool and covered with fine 

 hair. 



Form and Tail — Body straight and broad and well proportioned. 

 Small bone; breast wide and prominent in front. Tail, the little 

 end should be docked, leaving the fleshy part fan shaped, or 

 tapering; five or ten inches broad, six or eight inches long and 

 well covered wath wool. 



Head and Ears — Head small and hornless, tapering to end of 

 nose; face and nose clean; in color, brown and white. Ears 

 broad, tliin, pendulous, covered with fine hair; in color brown 

 to light fawn. 



Neck — Medium in length, well placed on shoulders; small and 

 tapering. 



Legs — Short. In color brown and white; slightly wooled not 

 objectionable. 



Size — In fair condition, when fully matured, rams should weigh 

 150 pounds and upw^ards; ewes 120 pounds and upwards. 



General Appearance — Good carriage; head well up; quick, 

 elastic movements; showing symmetry of form and uniformity 

 of character throughout. 



