Senior Bucks |
6 months & over |
7 - 9 pounds |
Senior Does |
6 months & over |
8 - 10 pounds |
Junior Bucks |
Under 6 months |
4 - 8 pounds |
Junior Does |
Under 6 months |
4 - 9 pounds
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Body - 40 Points: The body should be medium length with good depth and width through the shoulders, midsection, and hindquarters. The top line must be a smooth, continuouos surve, starting at the nape of the neck, rising gradually to a high point over the center of the hips, and finishing the arch down to the tail. The hindquarters must be smooth and well rounded, with no suggestion of angularity. There must be a slight taper of the side lines from the hindquarters to the shoulders.
Faults: Racy, mandolin or any type other than described; long neck; flatness over shoulders or back; rough, bony rump; protruding hips; lack of fullness; any suggestion of undercut hindquarters.
Hindquarters - 15 Points: The hips must be broad, smooth, well rounded, and well filled over the lower back and sides. The lower back and sides must show roundness. the width should be equal to depth.
Midsection - 13 Points: The rib section is to show a gradual rise from the shoulders. It must be broad enough to create a taper from the hips to the shoulders. It must be well rounded and smooth fleshed. The loin should be broad and deep.
Shoulders and Chest - 12 Points: Shoulders are to be well developed, and in good proportion to the rib spread. The chest must have good width, depth, and fullness.
Faults: Shoulders wider than the hips; excessive dewlap; flabbiness.
Head & Ears - 8 Points: The head and ears must be well shaped and medium full from the base of the ears to the muzzle. Buck heads must be masculkine, while doe heads are more refined. The ears must be inproportion to the head and the body. Color is to match the color on the back.
Faults: Long, narrow head; narrow muzzle.
Eyes - 2 Points: The eyes must be bold and bright.
Feet & Legs - 0 Points: The feet and legs must be medium bone and length. Light or dark toenails are allowed as long as they match on the same and corresponding foot. Light toenails on front feet and dark toenails on hind feet is acceptable.
Disqualifications: White toenail(s); unmatched toenails on the same foot or corresponding foot.
Fur - 20 points: Rollback. The fur must have a fine, soft, dense undercoat thickly interspersed with somewhat coarser guard hairs. The guard hair is to be visible to the skin and evenly extend above the undercoat about 1/2 inch to form a protective covering of the undercoat. The fur should eb well balanced, withuniform length. When stroked towards the head, it must return to the normal position in a rollback fashion (not as fast as rollback) and lie smoothly over the entire body.
Color & Shadings - 25 points: The color must be a rich sepia brown on the ears, face, back, legs, and upperside of the tail. The sadlle color will shade off to a paler shade on the flanks, underside of the tail, and belly. The rich sepia brown must shade off from the eyes and jaws and blend evenly with the chest and flanks. The undercolor should match the surface color as closely as possible and be uniform next to the skin. All blending of color shading must be gradual in both darker and paler hues. Eyes are to be brown, showing a ruby red glow in reflected light.
Faults: Scattered white hairs; white hairs on ears; shadow bars on legs; white whiskers; streaks, splashes or rusty tint suggestive of molt; any suggestion of mealy appearance; cut for light undercolor.
Disqualifications: Eyes lacking the ruby glow.
Condition - 5 points: The rabbit must have a definate appearance of health and vigor. It should be bold and bright of eye. It must have a good coat, firmly set in the pelt. The rabbit should be firm in the flesh covering, neither too fat, with soft, flabby flesh; nor too thin in flesh, crating a bony effect when examined. The flesh must be deep and even over the entire body.
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