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rabbit king of the fancy." It is becoming quite popular 

 in America. It is sometimes spoken of as "The hot 

 house rabbit," as it was formerly supposed that they 

 must be raised in a hot house to do well. There seems 

 to be no complete record of how or where the Lops 

 originated, but they were exhibited for prizes in London 

 as early as 1850. The Lops have been greatly improved 

 during the past forty years. At one time they were 

 divided into the following classes, "Horn Lops," when 

 the ears stood out from the head, like a pair of horns. 

 "The Double Lop," was applied to the rabbit having the 

 proper pull of the ear. "Oar Lop," when the ears stood 

 out at right angles. "Half Lop," one ear hanging prop- 

 erly and the other being carried erect. They also had 

 separate classes for the self and broken colored speci- 

 mens, instead of as at the present time. We have 

 records of Lops with ears 28^ inches long. The im- 

 provements in Lops have all been made by the English 

 fancier. The color is divided into Selfs and Brokens. 

 The Selfs consist of black, gray, blue, fawn and yellow. 

 The broken colors, of any of the above colors, together 

 with white. The color is very important in the broken 

 colors. The saddle should be a dark color and from 

 this the color should run in two lines or large spots to 

 the ears, which should be solid dark color. The nose 

 and skull should be dark and a dark rim should encircle 

 each eye, the remainder of the Lop being pure white. 

 The head markings are very important because a fine 

 Lop is admired by the front view. The butterfly nose 

 adds to its beauty. 



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