. Types and breeds of farm animals. Livestock. THE HAMPSHIRE DOWN S79 a pronounced Roman nose. The lips and nostrils are black. The ears are moderately long, large, and thin, of a dark mouse color behind, and are more pointed than with Shropshire or Southdown. In the best type the ears lean outward slightly. The neck tends to be a bit long, lacking the shortness of the Southdown; yet Wrightson, the best British authority on this breed, states that it is thick and muscular and is considered to be a point of special excellence and importance. He further states that the shoulder tops are wide and
. Types and breeds of farm animals. Livestock. THE HAMPSHIRE DOWN S79 a pronounced Roman nose. The lips and nostrils are black. The ears are moderately long, large, and thin, of a dark mouse color behind, and are more pointed than with Shropshire or Southdown. In the best type the ears lean outward slightly. The neck tends to be a bit long, lacking the shortness of the Southdown; yet Wrightson, the best British authority on this breed, states that it is thick and muscular and is considered to be a point of special excellence and importance. He further states that the shoulder tops are wide and that the girth behind the shoulders and of the entire fore end must be well marked to secure any at- tention either in the prize or sale ring. This breed has been criticized by Wal- lace, who states that a con- spicuous defect in ordinary specimens is a falling away behind the shoulder, but this defect is not common in the improved Hamp- shire Down of to-day. The type of body and general carcass is in common with accepted standards for other mutton breeds. The legs are dark brown in color, like the face; in fact, the color is so deep a brown that it may almost be regarded as black. The skin should be a bright pink, but Hampshire Downs frequently have a bluish or dark skin much resembling the Oxford Down. In further reference to these breed characteristics Wrightson makes the following interesting comments upon the sources of their inheritance : The slightly Roman character of the face and the fine wool have no doubt partly been derived from the old Wiltshire horned sheep. . The quality of the flesh and the color have come through the Southdown, but the color has been deepened by selection. The length of ear has probably been derived from an alliance with the Fig. 268. A two-year-old Hampshire Down ewe, first and champion at seven American fairs in 1904. Owned and exhibited by Chil- mark Farms, New,York. From photograph, by courtesy of Charles V. Phelps, superintende
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