176 JUDGING FARM ANIMALS 



Standard of Score of 



SCALE OF POINTS Perfect Jack 



Scored Studied 

 C FOREHAND, 21 Points: 



12. Shoulders, oblique, smooth 2 .... 



13. Arms, short, wide, muscular, well set 2 .... 



14. Forearm, long, wide, heavily muscled 2 .... 



15. Knees, wide, deep, strong, well supported . . . . 2 .... 



16. Cannons, short, wide, clean; tendons defined . . . . 2 .... 



17. Fetlocks, wide, straight, clean 1 .... 



18. Pasterns, sloping (about 45), strong, clean . . . . 2 .... 



19. Feet, large, round, uniform; slope of wall parallel 



to slope pastern; sole concave; bars strong; 

 frog prominent, elastic ; heel wide, high ; horn 

 dense 8 .... 



D BODY, 13 Points: 



20. Withers, well defined, smooth, muscular 2 



21. Chest, wide, deep, girth large 3 



22. Ribs, well sprung, long, close 3 



23. Back, short, well carried, muscular 2 



24. Loin, short, wide, thickly muscled 2 



25. Flanks, low, well filled out; underline l^ng, low .. 1 



E HINDQUARTERS, 27 Points: 



26. Hips, smooth, well covered 



27. Croup, Iciig, wide, not steep, muscular 3 



28. Thighs, thick, deep, muscular, .not too close . . . . '> 



29. Stifles, wide, well muscled, prominent, clean. ... 2 



30. Gaskins, long, wide, muscular 3 



31. Hocks, straight, wide, large, strong, not meaty, 



clean cut, well set 3 



32. Cannons, short, wide, clean; tendons well d;v1n,d . . 



33. Fetlocks, wide, straight, strong, clean 1 



34. Pasterns, sloping (about 50), straight, clean, show- 



ing no knuckling 2 



35. Feet, medium size, uniform, straight, slope wall 



parallel to slope pastern; sole concave; bars 

 strong ; frog prominent, elastic ; heel wide, 

 high ; horn dense, smooth 6 



F ACTION, 10 Points: 



36. Walk, straight, stride long, elastic ,"> 



37. Trot, straight, long, free, regular, snappy .... 5 



Total points 100 .... 



The general appearance of the jack largely depends upon 

 the breed and ancestry. There are considerable variations 

 in size, color and other characteristics that breeders value. 

 There has been in the past much lack of uniformity in the 

 jacks used by American breeders, and many inferior indi- 

 viduals have been in service. In general, the jack should 

 have a conformation very closely related to that of the 

 horse, excepting in certain details. The striking differ- 



