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JUDGING FARM ANIMALS 



SCALE OP POINTS 



37. Feet, not quite 



Standard of 

 Perfect 

 Score 

 so large as in front, not quite so 



Score of 

 Horse 

 Studied 



round, otherwise comparable ........ 



,'?8. Legs, properly placed, according to description in 



draft horse score card .......... 



'ACTION, 15 Points: 

 ;!9. Walk, rapid, flat footed, in line ........ 



10. Trot, free, springy, square; going well off hocks; not 



extreme knee fold ............ 



41. Canter, slow, collected, either lead, no cross canter 



Total . . 100 



Fig. 88. "Stylish carriage is also highly characteristic of this type." 

 {From photograph by courtesy American Breeder.) 



A study of the saddle horse scale of points, 1 shows a. very 

 close relationship to that for the light harness horse. The 

 differences are slight, and are not entirely of conformation. 

 In size and height there is no essential difference. In form 

 the saddle horse is not so angular as the light harness horse, 

 being smoother turned and more symmetrical. Quality is 

 an important feature of the saddler, more emphasis being 

 assigned to it than with other light types of horses. Stylish 



1 Adapted from Principles and Practices of Live Stock Judging Carl W 

 Gay, 1914, p. 72. 



