APPENDIX 



IX 



SCORE CARD MULES (CONTINUED) 



SCALE OF POINTS 



POS- 

 SIBLE 

 SCORE 



POINTS DEFICIENT 



Student's Corrected 



Score 



Score 



BODY 10 Points 



Withers, moderate height, smooth, extending well back . i 



Chest, deep, wide ; breastbone low ; girth large .... 2 



Ribs, deep, well-sprung, closely ribbed to hip 2 



Back, broad, short, strong, muscular 2 



Loin, broad, short, heavily muscled 2 



Underline, long, low ; flank well let down 



HIND QUARTERS 33 Points 



Hips, broad, smooth, level 2 



Croup, long, wide, heavily muscled, not markedly drooping 2 



Tail, attached high, well-carried i 



Thighs, deep, broad, strong, heavily muscled 2 



Quarters, deep, heavily muscled 2 



Stifles, strong, clean, muscular 2 



Gaskins (lower thighs), long, wide, clean; tendons large, 

 heavily muscled 2 



Hocks, large, strong, wide, deep, clean 7 



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 ... 2 



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

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

 wide and strongly supported 5 



Legs, viewed from behind, a perpendicular line from the 

 point of the buttock should fall upon the center of the 

 hock, cannon, and foot ; from the 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 perpen- 

 dicular line from the point of the buttock should run 

 parallel with the line of the cannon 3 



Total . 



