HORSES 255 



STUDENT'S SCORE CARD FOR LIGHT HORSES.-Continued. 



Perfect 

 Score. 



Student' 

 Score. 



Head and Neck. 



7. Head, lean, straight 



8. Muzzle, fine; nostrils large; lips thin, even. . . . 



9. Eyes, full, bright, clear, large 



10. Forehead, broad, full 



11. Ears, medium size, pointed, well carried, and 



not far apart 



12. Neck, muscled; crest high; throat fine; wind- 



pipe large 



FOREQUARTERS. 



13. Shoulders, long, smooth, with muscle oblique, 



extending into back and muscled at withers . 



14. Arm, short, thrown forward 



15. Forearm, muscled, long, wide 



16. Knees, clean, wide, straight, deep, strongly 



supported 



17. Cannons, short, wide, sinews large, set back. . . 



18. Fetlocks, wide, straight 



19. Pasterns, strong, angle with ground 45** 



20. Feet, medium, even size, straight, horn dense; 



frog large, elastic, bars strong; sole concave; 

 heel wide, high 



21. Legs, viewed in front, a perpendicular line from 



the point of the shoulder should fall upon 

 the center of the knee, pastern and foot 



Body. 



22. Chest, deep, low, large girth 



23. Ribs, long, sprung, close 



24. Back, straight, short, broad, muscled 



25. Loin, wide, short, thick 



26. Underline, long; flank rather low 



Hindquarters. 



27. Hips, smooth, wide, level 



28. Croup, long, wide, muscular 



29. Tail, attached high, well carried 



30. Thighs, long, muscular, spread, open angles . . . 



31. Quarters, heavily muscled, deep 



32. Gaskins or Lower Thighs, long, wide, mus- 



cular 



33. Hocks, clearly defined; wide, straight 



34. Cannons, short, wide; sinews large, set back. . . 



35. Fetlocks, wide, straight 



36. Pasterns, strong, sloping 



