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Champion. — No buck or dor lUKlcr the .-ige of 18 months to bi 

 eligible to a Champion award except in Junior Classes. If there are 

 no worthy animals in the exhibit, no Champion shall be given. If 

 there are no bucks showing worthy more than 90 per cent. perfection_, 

 no award of Champion will be made. 



Standard for Toggenburg Goats 



Doe Standard. — Color and Markings. The body color should 

 be solid, the acceptable color of the true characteristic Toggenburg 

 in America shall be tlie same as in the parent country, Switzerland.' 

 Varieties of shade are not to be penalized to such an extent as to 

 overcome major jjoints of excellence. Must be further marked clearly 

 and distinctly witli white, as follo^is: ■\\liite ears, usually with a 

 dark spot in the middle two stripes down the face from above each 

 eye to the muzzle, white muzzle, legs white on the inner side and 

 entirely white from the knees and hocks to the hoofs, and a triangle 

 of white on eitlier side of the tail. 10 points. 



Coai. — The coat may range from a short smooth coat to one 

 with hair of some length all over the body. The condition of the 

 coat should be glossy, loose, and pliable. 5 points. 



Weight, for mature animals, 100 to l.'!5 pounds. 10 points. 



Height, for mature animals the height at the shoulders should 

 be 26 to 28 inches. 10 points. 



Cieneral Con formation. — Tlie body should be long, with well 

 sprung ribs, a dee]! and well developed abdomen, straight back, 

 broad rump, not too sloping, strong, lean, straight limbs, well pro- 



' Author's note. At tlie time this standard was ado])tcd l)y the .VTner.ican 

 Mill-c Goat Record .Association it was the peneral nnderstandinjf that in 

 Switzerland the accepted color for the Tojjgenlnirc; was brown, of varyinp; 

 shades from dark brown to fawn or mouse color unbroken except by the 

 characteristic pattern of white markings. But amonp the animals im- 

 ported in 1920 there were Top:prenbur<rs whose body color was broken by 

 irrefrular spots or patches of white or who were so dark as to be described 

 as black or who were of the type usually described as "tricolor." Toijiren- 

 burirs of this last type are reddish roan with a brown belly and a stripe 

 down the spine and the usual white Toffirenburf!; markinfrs. These red-white- 

 and brown Tofrpienburgs and black Tofrpenburgs, and animals with irregular 



