. South Down Evv^e. long and broad, and the tail set on high and nearly on a level with the spine. The hips wide ; the space between them and the last rib on either side as narrov/ as possible, and the ribs, generally, presenting a circular form like a barrel. The belly as straight as the back. The legs neither too long nor too short. The fore-legs straight from the breast to the foot; not bending inward at the knee, and standing far apart botli before and behind ; the hocks having a direction rather outward, and the tTv^sl, or the meeting of the thighs behind, being particu- larly full; the b
. South Down Evv^e. long and broad, and the tail set on high and nearly on a level with the spine. The hips wide ; the space between them and the last rib on either side as narrov/ as possible, and the ribs, generally, presenting a circular form like a barrel. The belly as straight as the back. The legs neither too long nor too short. The fore-legs straight from the breast to the foot; not bending inward at the knee, and standing far apart botli before and behind ; the hocks having a direction rather outward, and the tTv^sl, or the meeting of the thighs behind, being particu- larly full; the bones fine, yet ha\ing no appearance of weak-
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Keywords: ., bookcentury1800, bookdecade1850, booksubjecthorses, bookyear1857
