Complex sentence: The horizontal tail was mounted at mid-fuselage and had an unusual plan which led to the "Cockerel" name: the wire-braced tailplane's leading edges tapered strongly from the root with concave curvature out to forward projecting spurs.
Split into simpler sentences: The horizontal tail was mounted at mid-fuselage and had an unusual plan which led to the "Cockerel" name. The wire-braced tailplane's leading edges tapered strongly from the root with concave curvature out to forward projecting spurs.