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STUDENT'S SCORE CARD FOR LIGHT HORSES.-Continued. 



Perfect 

 Score. 



Student's 

 Score. 



HEAD AND NECK. 



7. HEAD, lean, straight 



8. MUZZLE, fine; nostrils large; lips thin, even. . . . 



9. EYES, full, bright, clear, large 1 



10. FOREHEAD, broad, full 



11. EARS, medium size, pointed, well carried, and 



not far apart 1 



12. NECK, muscled; crest high; throat fine; wind- 



pipe large 1 



FOREQUARTERS. 



13. SHOULDERS, long, smooth, with muscle oblique, 



extending into back and muscled at withers . 3 



14. ARM, short, thrown forward 1 



15. FOREARM, muscled, long, wide 2 



16. KNEES, clean, wide, straight, deep, strongly 



supported 2 



17. CANNONS, short, wide, sinews large, set back. . . 2 



18. FETLOCKS, wide, straight 1 



19. PASTERNS, strong, angle with ground 45 



20. FEET, medium, even size, straight, horn dense; 



frog large, elastic, bars strong; sole concave; 



heel wide, high 7 



21. LEGS, viewed in front, a perpendicular line from 



the point of the shoulder should fall upon 



the center of the knee, pastern and foot 3 



BODY. 



22. CHEST, deep, low, large girth 2 



23. RIBS, long, sprung, close 2 



24. BACK, straight, short, broad, muscled 



25. LOIN, wide, short, thick 2 



26. UNDERLINE, long; flank rather low 1 



HINDQUARTERS. 



27. HIPS, smooth, wide, level 2 



28. CROUP, long, wide, muscular 2 



29. TAIL, attached high, well carried 1 



30. THIGHS, long, muscular, spread, open angles ... 2 



31. QUARTERS, heavily muscled, deep 2 



32. GASKINS OR LOWER THIGHS, long, wide, mus- 



cular 2 



33. HOCKS, clearly defined; wide, straight 5 



34. CANNONS, short, wide; sinews large, set back. . . 2 



35. FETLOCKS, wide, straight 1 



36. PASTERNS, strong, sloping 2 



