PRACTICE JUDGING 67 



Hindquarters. 32. . Counts 



28. Hips wide, level, muscular 2 



29. Croup long, level, muscular ........ 2 



30. Tail attached high, well carried 1 



31. Thighs deep, muscular . . . . ...... 2 



32. Stifles broad, thick, muscular . . . . . . .: 2 



33. Gaskins wide, muscular . ........ 2 



34. Hocks straight, wide, point prominent, deep, 



clean cut, smooth, well supported 6 



35. Cannons short, broad, flat, tendons sharply de- 



nned, set well back 2 



36. Fetlocks wide, tendons well set back, straight, 



well supported 2 



37. Pasterns long, oblique (50 degrees), smooth, 



strong . . . . . . 3 



38. Feet large, round (slightly less than in front), uni- 



form, straight, slope of wall parallel to slope of 

 pastern, sole concave, bars strong, frog large, elas- 

 tic ; heels wide, full, one third height of toe, horn 

 dense, smooth, dark color 4 



39. Legs direction viewed from the rear, a perpen- 



dicular line dropped from the point of the buttock 

 should divide the leg and foot into lateral halves ; 

 viewed from the side, this same line should touch 

 the point of the hock and meet the ground some 

 little distance back of the heel. A perpendicular 

 line dropped from the hip joint should meet the 

 ground near the center of the foot 4 



Way of Going. 10. 



40. Walk straight, strong, active 6 



41. Trot powerful, free, moderate action .... 4 



Total 100 



