188 JUDGING FARM ANIMALS 



type of this animal. The mule in the northern United 

 States is regarded simply as a beast of burden, but many 

 farmers in the South drive them to buggies or light vehicles, 

 for pleasure or business, as occasion requires. The mule 

 trots at a fair speed and in a day will travel a long distance. 



SCORE CAED FOR THE MULE. 



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Standard of Score of 



SCALE OF POINTS Perfect Mule 



Score Studied 

 A GENERAL APPEARANCE, 16 Points: 



1. Height, Estimated hands Actual hands . . . . .... 



2. Weight. Score according to age and type .... 4 ... 



3. Form, broad, deep, compact, smooth, symmetrical. . 4 .... 



4. Quality, refined head and ears, fine hair, clean bone, 



tendons defined 4 .... 



5. Temperament, active, disposition good 4 .... 



B HEAD AND NECK, 7 Points: 



6. Head, in good proportion, clear cut features, ten- 



dency to Roman nose 1 .... 



7. Forehead, broad, full 1 .... 



8. Eyes, full, bright, clear 1 .... 



9. Muzzle, broad, yet fine, nostrils large, lips thin and 



even 1 .... 



10. Ears, large, long, pointed, fine, well set, carried alert 1 .... 



11. Neck, long, muscular, throat-latch defined, head well 



set on 2 .... 



C FOREHAND, 24 Points: 



12. Shoulders, long, sloping, smooth, muscular . . . . 2 .... 



13. Arm, short, muscular, elbow in 2 .... 



14. Forearm, long, wide, muscular 2 .... 



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



16. Cannons, short, broad, flat, tendons well back, 



straight, well supported 2 .... 



17. Fetlocks, wide, tendons well back, straight, well 



supported ' 2 .... 



18. Pasterns, moderate length, oblique, smooth, strong 2 .... 



19. Beet, medium size, uniform, straight, slope of wall 



parallel to slope of pastern ; sole concave ; bars 

 strong; frog prominent, elastic; heels wide, 

 high; horn dense, smooth 6 .... 



20. Legs, properly placed, according to description in 



draft horse score card 4 .... 



D BODY, 11 Points: 



21. Withers, well defined,' smooth and muscular . . . . 2 .... 



22. Chest, deep, wide 2 



23. Ribs, long, well sprung, close 2 .... 



24. Back, short, straight, broad, strong 2 .... 



25. Loin, short, wide, heavily muscled 2 



26. Flanks, deep, full ; long, low underline 1 .... 



