138 The Guernsey Breed 



The only change made in this score card in the next 10 

 years was to take two points from the escutcheon and add 

 them to "udder teats of good size," and note under score card 

 said, "for bulls, deduct 18 counts for udder." 



At the annual meeting held in December, 1898, W. D. 

 Hoard, J. M. Codman and Secretary Caldwell were appointed 

 a committee to revise the score card, and December 13, 1899, 

 the following scale was adopted : 



For Cows. 



Counts Points 



Dairy temperament; constitution 38 



Clean cut, lean face; strong, sinewy jaw; wide muzzle with 

 wide open nostrils; full, bright eye with quiet and 



gentle expression; forehead long and broad 5 



Long, thin neck with strong juncture to head; clean 

 throat; back bone rising well between shoulder blade; 

 large, rugged spinal processes, indicating good de- 

 velopment of the spinal cord 5 



Pelvis arching and wide; rump long; wide, strong structure 

 of spine at setting on of tail; long, thin tail with good 



switch ; thin incurving thighs 5 



Ribs amply and fully sprung and wide apart, giving an 



open, relaxed conformation; thin, arching flanks 5 



Abdomen large and deep, with strong muscular and naval 



development, indicative of capacity and vitality 15 



Hide firm yet loose, with an oily feeling and texture, but 



not thick 3 



Milking marks- denoting quantity of flow 10 



Escutcheon wide on thighs; high and broad, with high 



ovals 2 



Milk veins long, crooked, branching and prominent, with 



large or deep wells 8 



Udder formation 26 



Udder full in front 8 



Udder full and well up behind 8 



Udder of large size and capacity 4 



Teats well apart, squarely placed, and of good and even 



size 6 



Indicating color of milk 15 



Skin deep yellow in ear, on end of bone of tail, at base of 

 horns, on udder, teats and body generally. Hoof, 



amber colored 15 



Milking marks denoting quality of flow 6 



Udder showing plenty of substance but not too meaty... 6 



Symmetry and size 5 



Color of hair a shade of fawn, with white markings. Creain 

 colored nose. Horns amber colored, small, curved 



and not coarse 3 



Size for the breed — Mature cows, four years old or over, 



about 1,050 pounds 2 



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