. Cyclopedia of farm animals. Domestic animals; Animal products. 518 PETS PETS bit, the commercial spirit would place the Flemish Giant (Fig. 507); in fact, its place is before the Bel- gian hare in the estimation of many persons. As its name implies, it is the giant of the race. It was introduced into England by the present secretary of the National Flemish Giant Club of that country, in the early " ; It was then a huge, sandy gray rabbit, but today, a dark steel gray is the proper color and sandiness is a disqualifying mark. It was brought to America during the Belgian har
. Cyclopedia of farm animals. Domestic animals; Animal products. 518 PETS PETS bit, the commercial spirit would place the Flemish Giant (Fig. 507); in fact, its place is before the Bel- gian hare in the estimation of many persons. As its name implies, it is the giant of the race. It was introduced into England by the present secretary of the National Flemish Giant Club of that country, in the early " ; It was then a huge, sandy gray rabbit, but today, a dark steel gray is the proper color and sandiness is a disqualifying mark. It was brought to America during the Belgian hare craze, as were several other types, and much crossing was done to increase the size of the Belgian. The Flemish should be a dark steel-gray, with as even and deep a color over all parts of the body as. Fig. 507. Young Flemish Giant doe, typical for shape and color. A sixteen-pound specimen. possible. The under-body and under-tail are excep- tions to this. They should be white or at least of a light slate-color. The back, sides and chest should all be wavily ticked, but not so much so as to be smudgy. They should be bright in color, but not light gray nor sandy or brownish. In almost all specimens a little brownish patch appears at the neck, just back of the ears. The feet too often show a little inclination to ruddiness. They often reach sixteen and occasionally twenty pounds in weight. The Dutch rabbit (Fig. 508) is one of the oldest of all the varieties. It has changed much in type, but the present-day Dutch has the same general mark- ings as the original, those of the Dutch Belted cattle, approximately. The eye and ear are included in a patch of color on the cheek, while a V-shaped white patch should separate these between the eyes, and in a hair-line between the ears join the white collar that includes the fore-feet, chest and neck. Just back of this is the saddle, of the same color as the cheeks, and covering the rest of the body except the hocks, which should also be wh
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