STANDARD OF EXCELLENCE. 
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Back: Rather short, flat, broad across the shoulders, and 
narrowing to the tail, in color light-red, — the stern slender and 
neat, and the saddle-feathers short and close, mainly white, and 
with but faint penciling. 
Breast and Body : Breast, white, broad, full and round : — 
Body, very firm and muscular, not soft or hollow on the sides, 
broadest at the shoulders, and tapering to the tail. 
Wings: Of medium length and powerful, the butts and 
shoulders slightly raised, as if for a sudden spring; the remain- 
der not drooping, but carried compactly against the sides, the 
points resting under the saddle-feathers; primaries and second- 
aries, white; wing-coverts, a rich, bright red, or orange and 
port-wine color combined. 
Tail: Pure white, of medium length, carried well together, 
and at a moderate elevation — sickle-feathers and tail-coverts 
white, and handsomely curved. 
Legs: Thighs, white, rather long, round, stout, hard and 
firm, and placed well forward on the body : — Shanks, willow, 
yellow or white, and the colors preferred in the order in which 
they are named, rather long, bony, clean and strong, and 
standing well and evenly apart; the scales smooth and close, 
and the spurs set on low: — Feet, broad, thin and flat; the toes 
long, straight and spreading, and well furnished with strong 
nails; the hind-toes set low on the feet, standing well back- 
wards, and flat on the ground, and not merely touching with 
the points, or duck-footed. 
Hardness of Feather: Body-feathers, short, hard and 
firm, — quills, very hard and strong. 
THE HEN. 
Head: Long, slender, tapering and very neat in appearance: 
—Beak, yellow, willow or white, in color, slightly curved, sharp 
at the point, and stout at the base. 
Comb, Wattles and Ear-lobes: Comb, bright red, single, 
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