SCALE OF POINTS. 



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other breed whatsoever. As judged by a side view, 

 or from above, there is a certain wedge form. Al- 

 though in this breed the shoulders lie close, this wedge 

 shape is derived less fi'om a deficiency forward than 

 from the large bulk of the carcass aft. This form 

 becomes more strongly marked with age, when the 

 animal has been abundantly supplied with food. 

 The yearling and two years' old may have parallel 

 rather than diverfrinj? lines on the side view. 



By referring to several descriptions or " scales of 

 points " to which it has at various times been judged 

 that this breed should conform, we may derive a tol- 

 erably clear idea of its present appearance. 



It must, however, be borne in mind that the pos- 

 session of these points by an animal is exceptional 

 rather than common, but the study of them directs 

 us to what is typical of the breed. They are made 

 up not from diverse breeds, nor are they ideal, but 

 have existed either in conjunction in some exception- 

 ally fine animal of the breed, or have been observed 

 separately. 



4 Prize Essays High and Ag. Soc. 1865-7, p. 106. 



5 William Harley, Harlcian Diary System, p. 106. 



c Aiton, Survey of Ayrshire, Glasgow, 1811. p. 426. 

 Sequence changed from the authorities, but substance given with exactness. 



