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bit to look upon, and certainly it has been won- 

 derfully improved in the last two or three 

 years. In size it comes between the Belgian 

 hare and the Flemish Giant. It is not so 

 chunky as the latter, but is less racy in appear- 

 ance than the former. The head should be 

 considerably fuller than that of the Belgian 

 hare. This is said to be an important matter, 

 especially with the buck, a buck with a small 

 fine head being likely to produce undersized 

 progeny. 



The color should be uniform all over the 

 body, head and feet. Just exactly what the 

 standard means when it says reddish buff is 

 not agreed upon by all breeders, one's opinion 

 often being indicative of the kind of stock he 

 happens to have. In any event it should not 

 be too light a fawn, and should be as free as 

 possible from white or black hairs. Reddish 

 cream is called for as a belly color. Nine and 

 ten pounds are assigned as the respective 

 weights of mature bucks and does. 



The Polish Rabbit 



If all the rabbits commonly called Polish 

 were really specimens of that breed, the num- 



