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EXHIBITING AND JUDGING LIVE-STOCK 



Score-cards for Farm Animals 



Herewith are given sample score-cards for different species and classes 

 of animals. For score-cards of the breeds see Vol. Ill, Cyclo. Amer. 

 Agr. (from which most of the following cards, by F. B. Mumford, are 

 taken) : 



Draft-horse score-card 



Class, Gelding 

 General characters 



Form. Broad, massive, blocky, low-down, compact and symmetrical. Scale 

 large for the age. 



26- 



FIG. 9. Parts of the horss. 1, muzzle ; 2, nostrils ; 3, face ; 4, eye ; 5, forehead ; 

 6, ear ; 7, neck ; 8, crest ; 9. withers ; 10, back, 11, loin ; 12, hip ; 13, croup ; 

 14, tail ; 15, thigh ; 16, quarter ; 17, gaskin or lower thigh ; 18, hock ; 19, 

 stifle ; 20, flank ; 21, ribs ; 22, tendons ; 23, fetlocks ; 24, pastern ; 25, foot ; 

 26, heel of foot ; 27, canon ; 28, knee ; 29, forearm ; 30, chest ; 31, arm ; 32, 

 shoulder; 33, throatlatch ; A, thoroughpin ; B, curb; C, bog and blood 

 spavin ; D, bone spavin ; E, splint ; F, windgall ; G, cappel elbow ; H, poll- 

 evil. (Cyclo. Amer. Agric.} 



