LIVE-STOCK AND DAIRYING. 



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SCORE CARD FOR LIGHT HORSES 



Perfect 

 Score 



Student's 

 Score 



Corrected 

 Score 



AGE 



GENERAL APPEARANCE: 



WEIGHT 



HEIGHT 



FORM, symmetrical, smooth, stylish 4 



QUALITY, bone clean, fine, yet indicating sufficient 



substance; tendons denned; hair and skin fine .. 4 



TEMPERAMENT, active, good disposition 4 



HEAD AND NECK: 



HEAD, lean, straight 



MUZZLE, fine, nostrils large; lips thin, even. . . . 



EYES, full, bright, clear, large 



FOREHEAD, broad, full 



EARS, medium size, pointed, well carried, and not 

 far apart 



NECK, muscled; crest high; throatlatch fine ; wind- 

 pipe large 



FOREQUARTERS: 



SHOULDERS, long, smooth with muscle, oblique, ex- 

 tending into back and muscled at withers 3 



ARM, short, thrown forward 



FOREARM, muscled, long, wide 



KNEES, clean, wide, straight, deep, strongly sup- 

 ported 



CANNONS, short, wide; sinews, large, set back 



FETLOCKS, wide, straight 



PASTERNS, strong, angle with ground, 45 degrees.. . 3 



FEET, medium, even size, straight; horn dense; frog 

 large, elastic; bars strong; sole concave; heel 

 wide, high 6 



LEGS, viewed in front, a perpendicular line from the 

 point of the shoulders should fall upon the center 

 of the knee, cannon, pastern and foot. From the 

 side, a perpendicular line dropping from the cen- 

 ter of the elbow joint should fall upon the center 

 of the knee and pastern joint and back of hoof . . 5 



BODY: 



CHEST, deep, low, large girth 



RIBS, long, well sprung, close 



BACK, straight, short, broad, muscled 



LOIN, wide, short, thick 



UNDERLINE, long; flank let down 



HINDQUARTERS: 



HIPS, smooth, wide, level 



CROUP, long, wide, muscular, not drooping 



TAIL, attached high, well carried 



THIGHS, long, muscular, spread, open angled 



GASKINS OR LOWER THIGHS, long, wide, muscular. 



HOCKS, clearly defined; wide, straight 5 



CANNONS, short, wide; sinews large, set back 



FETLOCKS, wide, straight 



PASTERNS, strong, sloping 



FEET, medium, even size; straight, horn dense; frog 

 large, elastic; bars strong; sole concave; heel wide, 

 high 4 



LEGS, viewed from behind, a perpendicular line from 

 the point of the buttock should fall upon the cen- 

 ter of the hock, cannon, pastern and foot. From 

 the side, a perpendicular line from the hip joint 

 should fall upon the center of the foot and divide 

 the gaskin in the middle; and a perpendicular line 

 from the point of the buttock should run parallel 



with the line of the cannon 



ACTION: 



WALK, elastic, quick, balanced 5 



TROT, rapid, straight, regular, high 15 



Total. . . 100 



