332 Effective Farming 



SCORE-CARD FOR LIGHT HORSES (Continued) 



SCALE OF POINTS FOB GELDING 



PER- 

 FECT 

 SCORE 



STU- 

 DENT'S 

 SCORE 



COR- 

 RECTED 

 SCORE 



Body 9 points : 



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 let down .... 

 Hindquarters 30 points : 



27. Hips, smooth, wide, level 



28. Croup, long, wide, muscular 



29. Tail attached high, well carried 



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



31. Quarters, heavily muscled, deep .... 



32. Gaskins or lower thighs, long, wide, muscular 



33. Hocks, clearly denned ; wide, straight . . 



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



35. Fetlocks, wide, straight 



36. Pasterns, strong, sloping 



37. Feet, medium, even size; straight; horn 



dense ; frog large, elastic ; bars strong ; 

 sole concave ; heel wide, high .... 



38. Legs, viewed from behind, a perpendicular line 



from the point of the buttock should fall 

 upon the center of the hock, cannon, pas- 

 tern, and foot. .From the side, a perpen- 

 dicular 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 20 points : 



39. Walk, elastic, quick, balanced 



40. Trot, rapid, straight, regular, high . . . . 



5 



15 



Total 



100 



NOTE TO TEACHERS. In this volume space is not available for 

 considering the subject of stock-judging very extensively ; in fact, a 

 volume of several hundred pages is necessary to cover the subject thor- 

 oughly ; such volumes are listed in the references. If much time can be 

 devoted to stock-judging in your school, it will be well to adopt a 



