CHEST.--Wide and deep 3
SHOULDERS.--Wide 15
BACK.--Long and level 10
SIDES.--Very deep, and ribs well sprung 10
LOIN.--Broad 5
QUARTERS.--Long, wide, and not drooping 5
HAMS.--Large and well filled to hocks 15
TAIL.--Set high and thick 3
LEGS.--Short and straight 5
BELLY AND FLANK.--Thick and well filled 3
COAT.--Fair quantity of curly or wavy hair 8
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100
OBJECTIONS.--Head--narrow forehead. Ears--Thin.
DISQUALIFICATIONS.--Ears--pricked. Nose--dished or long. Coat--coarse,
straight, or bristly. Colour of hair--any other than white.
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THE GLOUCESTERSHIRE OLD SPOTS
HEAD.--Medium length and wide between the ears, nose wide and medium
length, slightly dished.
EARS.--Rather long and drooping.
JOWL.--Medium size.
NECK.--Fairly long and muscular.
CHEST.--Wide and deep.
SHOULDERS.--Well developed but not projecting and in line with ribs,
must not show any coarseness.
BACK.--Long and level.
RIBS.--Deep, well sprung.
LOIN.--Very broad.
SIDES.--Very deep and presenting straight bottom line.
BELLY AND FLANK.--Full and thick.
QUARTERS.--Long, wide, and not drooping.
TAIL.--Set high, of moderate size, yet fairly strong and long and
carrying brush.
HAMS.--Large, not too flat, and well filled to the hocks.
LEGS.--Short, straight and strong.
SKIN AND COAT.--Skin light or dark, must not show coloured splotches
otherwise than beneath the spots of the coat. The latter should be full
and fairly thick, hair long and silky but not curly, with an absence of
mane bristles. Colour: white spots on black ground, or black spots on
white ground. Such spots to be of medium size.
TEATS.--Minimum number of teats to be considered.
OBJECTIONS.--Head--narrow, face and nose both dished. Ears--thick,
floppy, coarse, or elevated. Coat--Coarse or curly with rose; bristly
mane, or decidedly sandy colour; skewbald or saddleback markings.
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