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trotting horse. The brisket should be deeper, the body more 

 uniform, and the head smaller in proportion to the body. 

 Perhaps Youatt's description of such an animal is the best that 

 can be given, although, as will be seen, he applies it to both 



Shorthorn Cow, "Duchess ' 



males and females. He says : " The animal should have 

 wide and deep girth about the heart and lungs ; and not only 

 about these, but above the whole of the ribs must we have 

 both depth and roundness ; the hooped as well as the deep 

 barrel is essential. The breast should also be ribbed home ; 

 there should be little space between the ribs and the hips. 

 This is indispensable in the fattening ox, but a largeness and 

 drooping of the belly is excusable in the cow. It leaves room 

 for the udder, and if it is also accompanied by swelling milk- 

 veins, it generally indicates her value in the dairy. This 

 roundness and depth of barrel, however, is most advantageous 

 in proportion as it is found behind the point of the elbow, more 

 than between the shoulders and legs; or low down between 

 the legs, than upwards towards the withers ; for it diminishes 

 the heaviness before, and the comparative bulk of the coarser 

 parts of the animal, which is always a very great consideration. 

 " The loins should be wide, for these are the prime parts ; 

 they should seem to extend far along the back ; and although 

 the belly should not hang down, the flanks should be round 

 and deep, the hips large, without being ragged, round rather 

 than wide, and present when handled, plenty of muscle and 

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