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SCORE CARD FOR HORSES, continued 



Scale of points 



For draft 



11 



For driving 



H M 



11 



BODY: Draft, 10; driving 9. 



Chest in general. High, long. For draft, 

 wide, half height of horse. For driving, 



higher 3 



Withers. Clearly denned for driving 



Breast. For driving, high, projecting. For 



draft, broad and muscular 1 



Ribs. Long, round curvature, 2 



Back. Straight, short, muscular; shoulders 

 to haunch equals length of head. For 



driving, longer 2 



Loin. Wide, short, thick, strongly joined 



to hips 1 



Underline. Long; for draft, flank low 1 



HINDQUARTERS: Draft, 21; driving, 19. 

 Hips. Level, wide in proportion to other 

 parts; for draft, smooth; for driving, more 



prominent 1 



Tail. Set and carried high; long, full, fine. 1 

 Thighs. For driving, long. For draft, 



shorter, more horizontal, muscular. ... 3 

 Hocks. Clean cut, large, straight, deep. 



For draft wider, 



Canons. 11 to 12 inches long, otherwise as 



for front legs 2 



Fetlocks. As above 1 



Pasterns. As above; angle, 60 2 



Feet. Compared with above, more oval, I 

 more concave; heels higher, more sep- 

 arated; walls more vertical 5 



Total . . 100 



100 



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Market Classes of Horses, Bureau of Animal Industry, Bulletin No 37. 

 The Preservation of Our Native Types of Horses, Bureau of Animal 

 Industry, Circular No. 137. 



The Horse, by I. P. Roberts. 



Types and Breeds of Farm Animals, by C. S. Plumb, pp. 1-166. 

 Cyclopedia of American Agriculture, Vol. Ill, pp. 415-510. 

 For references on feeding, see page 299. 



