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SCORE-CARD DRAFT HORSES FOR MARKET (Continued) 



SCALE OF POINTS 



STAND- 

 ARD 



POINTS 

 DEFICIENT 



Stu- 

 dent's 

 Score 



Cor- 

 rected 



Hindquarters 30 per cent : 



27. Hips, broad, smooth, level, well muscled . 



28. Croup, not markedly drooping, wide, heavily 



muscled 



29. Tail, stylishly set and carried 



30. Quarters, deep, broad, heavily muscled, 



thighs strong 



31. Gaskins, long, wide, heavily muscled . . . 



32. Hocks, large, clean, strong, wide, well set . 



33. Cannons, short, wide, clean ; tendons denned 



34. Fetlocks, wide, straight, strong, clean . 



35. Pasterns, moderately sloping, strong, clean . 



36. Feet, large, even size, sound; horn dense, 



waxy ; sole concave ; bars strong ; frog 

 large, elastic ; heel wide, and one-fourth 

 to one-half the lineal length of the toe . . 



37. Legs, viewed from behind, a perpendicular line 



from the point of the buttock should fall 

 upon the center of the hock, cannon, pastern, 

 and foot. From 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 9 per cent : 



38. Walk, fast, elastic, regular, straight 



39. Trot, free, springy, balanced, straight . . . 



Total 



100 



With a draft horse before you mark in the space for student's score 

 the weight you think should be given to each point. Seldom will two 

 persons score an animal alike in all points or even in total score. Two 

 good judges may differ in the relative worth of the different points, but 

 when comparing one animal with another they are likely to agree as 

 to which one is the better. 



If an animal is nearly perfect in any point do not make a deduction, 



