160 



BEGINNINGS IN ANIMAL HUSBANDRY 



CARRIAGE HORSE SCORE CARD 



Scale of Points. 



Perfect 

 score 



Stu- 

 dent's 

 score 



Cor- 

 rected 

 score 



GENERAL APPEARANCE: 



NOTE HEIGHT AND WEIGHT 



FORM, long, deep chested, muscular 



QUALITY, neat, lean head; fine hair; mellow skin; clean 



bone and joints; disposition active and pleasant . . 

 HEAD AND NECK: 



HEAP, well defined; forehead broad; eyes bright and 



prominent; muzzle fine, with large nostrils and 



thin lips; ears of medium size, and alert 



NecK, somewhat, long and refined 



FORE QUARTERS: 



SHOULDERS, long, smooth and oblique 



ARMS, short and muscular; forearm long 



KNEES, wide in front, straight, and deep through 



CANNONS, short, flat, strong 



FETLOCKS, wide, and pasterns strong, oblique 45 



degrees 



FEET, medium size, slope like pastern; horn dense; 



frog large; heel wide 



LEGS, properly placed, and not too close together. . . . 

 BODY: 



WITHERS, muscular and well set back 



CHEST, deep, girth large .: 



BACK, strong, short, muscular, well carried; ribs long 



and arched; loin short and broad 



UNDERLINE, long, well down in the flank 



HIND QUARTERS: 



HIPS, smooth, fairly wide apart 



CROUP, long, level and muscular, broad, tail attachec 



high 



THIGHS, long, muscular, quarters strongly muscled 



and lower thighs long and strong 



HOCKS, wide, deep, straight, clean cut 



CANNONS, short, wide, strong, clean 



FETLOCKS, straight and wide, pasterns oblique 



strong 



FEET, medium size, slope like pasterns; horn dense 



frog large ; heel wide 



LEGS, properly placed for rapid speed, not too close 



together 



ACTION: 



WALK, elastic, quick, balanced 



TROT, rapid, straight, with long stride 



Total score. 



100 



NAME OF ANIMAL BREEd AGE 



OWNER 



ICORED BT ..DATE.. 



