APPENDIX 385 



Perfect 

 Score 

 Forelegs. — The mutton on the arm or forethigh should 



come quite to the knee. Leg upright with heavy bone, 



being clear from superfluous skin, with wool to fetlock, 



and may be mixed with gray . . ... . 4 



Breast. — Broad and well forward, keeping the legs wide 



apart ; girth or chest, full and deep . . 10 



Foreflank. — Quite full, not showing hollow behind the 



shoulders .... .... . . 5 



Back and Loin. — Broad, flat and straight, from which the 



ribs must spring with a fine circular arch . . .12 



Belly. — Straight on under line. 3 



Quarters. — Long and full, with mutton quite down to the 



hock ... . . 8 



Hock. — Should stand neither in nor out . . . 2 



Twist or Junction inside the Thighs. — Deep, wide and full, 



which, with a broad breast, will keep the legs open and 



upright ... . 5 



Fleece. — The whole body should be covered with long, 



lustrous wool ... . . 18 



Total ... . . 100 



For Cotswold Ewe. — Head moderately fine, broad between 

 the eyes and nostrils, but without a short, thick ap- 

 pearance, and well covered on crown with Jlong, lustrous 8 

 wool . .... 



Face. — Either white or slightly mixed with gray, or white 



dappled with brown . . . 4 



Nostrils. — Wide and expanded ; nose dark . 1 



Eyes. — Prominent but mild looking . 2 



Ears. — Broad, long, moderately thin, and covered with 



short hair .... 4 



Collar. — Full from breast and shoulders, tapering gradu- 

 ally all the way to where the neck and head join ; the 

 neck should be fine and graceful, and free from coarse 

 and loose skin . . . 5 



Shoulders. — Broad and full, and at the same time join so 

 gradually to the collar forward and chine backward as 

 not to leave the least hollow in either place . . . 8 



Forelegs. — The mutton on the arm or forethigh should 

 come quite to the knee ; leg upright with heavy bone, 

 being clear from superfluous skin, with wool to fetlock, 



and may be mixed with gray . 4 



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