CHAPTER VII. 

 THE COMPARATIVE STUDY OF DRAFT HORSES. 



IT is assumed that the student, through the use of the 

 score card, has become acquainted with the points and 

 general conformation of the draft horse. With this in- 

 strument he has attempted to analyze and measure the 

 value of the points of the individual. As a matter of 

 progress in the study of animal form it is necessary that 

 comparisons be drawn between individuals. If two horses 

 of the same type stand side by side it is entirely natural 

 to make at once a comparison between them. Two horses 

 are never mated up for a team by a discerning horseman 

 without comparing their relative merits, their adaptability 



Fig. 60. "It is important that animals of approximately the same age 

 and class be grouped." 



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