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without breaking down; bone firm and of fine texture; pas- 

 terns short and nearly upright. Feet firm, short, tough and 

 free from defects. 



Objections — Legs long, slim, coarse, crooked; muscles small 

 above hock and knee; bone large, coarse; as large at foot 

 as above knee; pasterns long, slim, crooked or weak; the 

 hocks turned in or out of straight line; legs too close to- 

 gether; hoofs long, slim and weak; toes spreading or crooked 

 or unable to bear up weight of animal without breaking 

 dc>wn. 



Tail — I. — Tail of medium length and size, smooth and tapering 

 well, and carried in a curl. 



Objections — Coarse and long without a curl; or short, crooked 

 or stubby; or too small, fine, even, not tapering. 



Coat — 3. Fine, straight, smooth, lying close to and covering 

 the body well; not clipped, evenly distributed over the body. 



Objections — Bristles, hair coarse, harsh, thin, wavy or curly; 

 swirls, standing up, ends of hair split and brown, not evenly 

 distributed over all of the body except belly. Clipped coats 

 should be cut 1.5 points. 



Color — 3. Black with six (6) white points: Tip of tail, four 

 white feet and white in face on the nose or on the point of 

 lower jaw. All to be perceptible without close examination. 

 Splashes of white on the jaw, legs or flank or a few spots 

 of white on the body not objectionable. 



Objections — Solid black, white mixed or sandy spots. Speckled 

 with white hairs over the body; mottled face of white and 

 black; hair mixed, making a grizzly appearance. 



Size — 5. Large for age. Condition, vigor and vitality to be 

 considered. There should be a difference between iDreeding 

 animals and those kept or fitted for the show of at least 

 25 per cent, in size. In show condition, or when fat. a two- 

 year-old boar should not weigh less than six hundred (600) 

 pounds, and a sow not less than five hundred (500) pounds. 

 Boar one year and over, four hundred (400) pounds; sow 

 three hundred and fifty (350) pounds. Boar eighteen months 

 five hundred (500) pounds; sow, four hundred and fifty (450) 

 pounds. Boars and sows six months old, not less than one 

 hundred and sixty (160) pounds. All hogs in just fair breed- 

 ing condition, one-fourth less for size. The keeping and 

 chance that a young hog has, cuts quite a figure in his size 

 and should be considered, other points being equal. Fine 

 quality and size combined, are desirable. 



Objections — Overgrown; coarse, fJabby, loose appearance, 

 gangling, hard to fatten; too fine, undersize; short, stubby, 

 inclined to chubby fatness. Not a hardy robust animal. 



Action and Style — 3. Action vigorous, easy and graceful. Style 

 attractive; high carriage; and in males testicles should be 

 prominent and of about the same size, and yet not too large 

 and pouchy. 



