APPENDIX E 



SCORE CARD MULES 



SCALE OF POINTS 



POS- 

 SIBLE 

 SCORE 



POINTS DEFICIENT 



Student's Corrected 



Score 



Score 



Age, estimated yr., actual 



yr, 



GENERAL APPEARANCE 26 Points 



Height, 1 6 hands or over; estimated .... actual 3 



Weight, 1200 to 1600 Ib. in good condition ; estimated 



lb., score according to age 3 



Form, broad, massive, symmetrical, blocky 4 



Quality, bone, clean, large, strong; tendons defined; skin 



and hair fine 6 



Action, energetic, straight, true, elastic ; walk, stride long, 



quick, regular ; trot free, balanced, rapid 



Temperament, active, good disposition ; stylish carriage . 2 



HEAD AND NECK 9 Points 



Head, proportionate size, clean-cut, well-carried ; profile 



straight or slightly Roman-nosed 



Muzzle, neat; nostrils large, flexible; lips thin, even, firm 

 Eyes, full, bright, clear, large, same color .... 



Forehead, broad, full 



Ears, large, tapering, fine texture, well-carried, alert ... 2 



Lower jaw, angles wide, space clean i 



Neck, medium length, well-muscled, arched ; throatlatch 



fine ; windpipe large 2 



FORE QUARTERS 22 Points 



Shoulders, long, moderately sloping, heavily and smoothly 



muscled, extending into back 2 



Arms, short, heavily muscled, thrown back, well-set ... i 



Forearm, long, wide, clean, heavily muscled 2 



Knees, straight, wide, deep, strong, well-supported ... 2 

 Cannons, short, wide, clean ; tendons large, clean, and 



well-defined, set back 2 



Fetlocks, wide, straight, strong, clean i 



Pasterns, moderate slope and length, strong, clean ... 3 

 Feet, large, even size, sound; horn dense, waxy; soles 

 concave ; bars strong, full ; frog large, elastic ; heels 



wide and strongly supported 6 



Legs, viewed in front, a perpendicular line from the point 

 of the shoulder 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 

 the back of the hoof 3 



