Horses 

 SCORE-CARD FOR LIGHT HORSES l 



331 



SCALE OF POINTS FOR GELDING 



1. Age 



General appearance 12 points : 



2. Weight 



3. Height .. 



4. Form, symmetrical, smooth, stylish 



5. Quality, bone clean, fine, yet indicating suffi- 



cient substance : tendons defined, hair and 

 skin fine 



6. Temperament, active, good disposition . . 

 Head and neck 6 points : 



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 latch fine ; 



windpipe large 



Forequarters 23 points : 



13. Shoulders, long, smooth, well muscled ; 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 shoulders should fall upon 

 the center of the knee, cannon, pastern, and 

 foot. From the side, a perpendicular line 

 dropping from the center of the elbow joint 

 should fall upon the center of the knee and 

 pastern joints and back of hoof .... 



PER- 

 FECT 

 SCORE 



STU- 

 DENT'S 

 SCORE 



COR- 

 RECTED 

 SCORE 



From U. S. Dept. Agr. Bui. 487. 



