The Guernsey Breed 139 



For Bulls 



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, masculine neck with strong juncture to head; clean 

 throat; back bone rising well between shoulder blades; 

 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, Init 



not thick 3 



Dairy prepotency 15 



As shown by having a great deal of vigor, style, alertness, 



and resolute appearance 15 



Rudimentaries and milk veins 10 



Rudimentaries of good size, squarely and broadly placed 

 in front of and free from scrotum. Milk \'eins 



prominent 10 



Indicating color of milk of offspring 15 



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



horns, and body generally. Hoof, amber colored.... 15 



Symmetry and size 22 



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

 colored nose. Horns amber colored, small, curved 



and not coarse 8 



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



about 1,500 pounds 4 



General appearance as indicative of the power to beget 



animals of strong dairy qualities 10 



100 100 



At a meeting of the club held at Chicago, October, 1914, 

 the question of again revising the score card was brought up 

 and a committee consisting of the execiitixe committee, the 

 president, secretary, and J. M. Codman, J. L. Hope, Frank 

 Fox, H. W. Griswold, W L. Erbach and J. E. Russell was 

 elected to revise the score card. 



The growth of the business of the club has been gratifying 

 and continuous. The report of the treasurer of the club, at 

 the eighth annual meeting, showed a total business for the 

 year of $1,629. At the 24th annual meeting, in 1901, the treas- 

 urer's report showed business of $9,710.25, while at tlie 38th 

 annual meeting in 1915 it showed a business of $86,309.06. 



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