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Utility Features (67 pts.):
Condition
(25 pts.):
Hard, firmly muscled. Light in weight for size. Clean
and alert.
Wings
(12 pts.): Stress the importance of secondaries.
Broad flexible, overlapping feathers should be present,
no gaps in the wings. Flights should be carried atop the
tail, and give every sign of strength. Top line smooth
and without “salt” or “sideboards”.
Tail
(6 pts.): Notably narrow, but capable of great
expansion. Strong but resilient feathers. In entirety,
small and light in weight.
Keel
(6 pts.): Shallow and long, for a Tippler not a
Homer. Coming quite close to the “fork” (vent end).
Fork
(6 pts.): Firm and close (to each other and to
the keel).
Back
(6 pts.): Broad at the shoulders, it tapers to a
trim, strong rump to achieve the breed’s powerful wedge
shape.
Chest
(6 pts.): Broad and capacious, to accommodate
the heart and lungs of a sporting pigeon. It should be
big from side to side rather than projecting forward.
Cutting: If any of the foregoing utility
features are “cut” to as low as 2/3 of the maximum
number of points that are allowed to them (for example,
16 out of the 25 points for condition) then
disqualification is automatic.
Beauty Features (33 pts.):
Head
(3 pts.): Small with refined shape and
appointments. Gracefully rising from the beak, but with
no frontal bulge. Flatness on top permitted.
Neck
(3 pts.): Medium short, sharply tapered. Broad
at shoulder, narrow at
head.
Tight and clean in front, no gullet.
Eye
(3 pts.): The “white” (pearl, gravel, etc.) type
rather than the “color” (yellow, orange, red, etc.)
series is desired.
Cere
(3 pts.): Fine and dark on intense colored
birds, lighter on dilute birds.
Wattle
(3 pts.): Small, smooth and white.
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