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Agricultural Gazette of N.S.W. 



[Aug. 2, 1920. 



The necessity foi* placing judging on a more scientific basis is being felt all 

 over the world. Stock and produce of all classes are improving in quality 

 and character, and the task of securing competent judges is felt in every 

 direction, so that the move made by the Royal Agricultural Society of New 

 South Wales to encourage our young people to render themselves competent 

 is distinctly meeting a public demand. 



The accompanying score card for a Clydesdale stallion is in use at 

 Hawkesbury Agricultural College, and is reproduced in the hope that it 

 will be of use to students and others who have not access to the methods 

 adopted at this institution. 



HAWKESBURY AGRICULTURAL COLLEGE STUDENT'S SCORE CARD. 



CLYDESDALE STALLION. 



SCALE OF POINTS. 



Maximum 

 Points. 



Student's ^"«*™<'- 

 tors 



Estitnate. 



Estimate. : 



GENERAL APPEARANCE— 16 points, as under:— 



1. WEIGHT (accordinir to age) 



2. SYMMETRY— Broad, clear outline ; massive and well proportioned ; game 



and active, with smart distinguished bearing . . 



3. QUALITY— Fine, clean bone, ample substance ; silky feather, not profuse ; 



well-defined tendons and good skin 



4. TEMPERAMENT— Alert, docile disposition, energetic and tractable 



HEAD AND NECK— 7 points, as under:— 



5. HEAD— Moderate size, well carried, full broad forehead, tapering up 



towards the base of the ears, flat face 



6. EYE— Full, placid, round, bright, with an expression of kindliness and 



vigour 



7. MUZZLE — Wide, rather square ; roomy, open nostrils ; neat, muscular, 



elastic lips 



8. EARS — Long, fairly large, set smartly 



9. LOWER JAW — Deep, broad, angles wide, space between free and clean for 



windpipe . . 



10. NECK — Strong, muscular, medium length, showing more crest than other 



breeds ; large windpipe and fine throat latch 



FOREQUARTERS— 22 points, as under:— 



11. SHOTTLDERS — Strong, muscular, moderately sloped, with broad bearing 



surf.ace, and close topped 



12. ARM — Strongly muscled, short, thrown forward, keeping the foreleg 



straight and well under the chest . . 



13. FOREARM— Muscular, broad, and long 



14. ELBOW — Strong, clean, and set close into the body 



15. KNEES— Large, flac, straight, and deep 



16. CANNONS — Strong, dense, flinty bone, viewed from front or side tapering 



towards the back of the leg ; tendons hard, thick, clean, and distinct 



17. FETLOCKS— Large, wide and strong 



18. PASTERNS— Long, sloping and strong 



19. FEET— Symmetrical, solid, large, round, squarely placed ; heels wide and 



clearly defined; horn dense, soles concave, bars strong and lai-ge, frogs 

 elastic ; coronets wide and round in projiortion to the legs ; the hoofs 

 should spread as they descend from the coronet 



20. LEGS — Normally placed and straight, neither inclining inwards or out 



wards at the knee. To test this from a front view, suspend a plumb-line 

 from the point of the shoulder ; it should fall opposite the centre of the 

 knee, cannon, pastern and hoof. At the wide, a plumb-line dropping from 

 the centre of ihe elbow joint should fall opposite the middle of the knee, 

 pastern joint, and back of hoof. There .should be a fine growth of soft, 

 silky, straight hair, forming a fringe from the back of the knee down the 

 leg to the pastern joint. The front of the leg and fetlock joint must be 

 clean and smooth 



BODY— 8 points, as under :- 



21. CHEST— \Vell-(le\elo)>ed, wide, low, capacious and deep, with a large girth, 



high withers and full bosom .. 



22. RIBS — Fore-ribs well sprung and deep, giving ample room for heart and 



lung action ; back ribs deep, round and well let down, forming a round 

 barrel and short coupling 



23. BACK — Short, level, broad and muscular . . 



24. LOIN — Wide, level, short and muscular 



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