BREEDING AND CARE OF RABBITS 



blaze should not be wide between the eye, nor taper 

 off all at once. It should appear as a perfectly round 

 sweep, the colors not running into each other. A 

 perfect head is beautiful, but hard to produce. 



Neck and Ears : The base, or starting spot of 

 each ear on the neck should be the exact color of the 

 body, and cut perfectly clear, without the colors 

 running together. The white neck color should run 

 down between the ears, wedge shaped into the small 

 line connecting the blaze and the neck. Many speci- 

 mens have poor necks apd fail to have the connecting 

 line between the neck and the blaze. The ears should 

 be short, free from white hairs and match the body 

 color. V ^ 



The saddle is the part of the rabbit which covers 

 the front feet, chest, throat and body, just clearing 

 the shoulders. The circle should be perfectly round 

 and clear cut, not running into the body color. The 

 under part should be perfectly straight, and not touch 

 the front legs. A good way to tell if the under cut 

 is free from the front legs is to straighten out the 

 legs with your hand. The white color should not run 

 into the belly color, but cut ofT clear. Perfect under 

 cuts are very scarce. 



Feet Stops are the beautiful markings appearing 

 on the ends of the hind feet, and should be white and 

 run back about one and one-half inches from the end 

 of the toes. They should be perfectly round, clean 

 cut and alike on both feet. Eyes should match the 

 body color, but hazel in blacks. They should be free 

 from specks and "wall eyes." Wall eyes are off 



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