STRUCTURAL EXAMINATION 31 



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SCALE OF POINTS FOR LIGHT HORSES GELDING. & u 







GENERAL APPEARANCE: 



Form, symmetrical, smooth, stylish 4 



Quality, bone clean, firm, and indicating sufficient sub- 

 stance; tendons defined; hair and skin fine 4 



Temperament, active, kind disposition 4 



HEAD AND NECK: 



Head, lean, straight I 



Muzzle, fine, nostrils large; lips thin, even; teeth sound. . i 



Eyes, full, bright, clear, large i 



Forehead, broad, full i 



Ears, medium size, pointed; well carried, and not far apart i 

 Neck, muscled; crest, high; throatlatch, fine; windpipe, 



large i 



FORE QUARTERS: 



Shoulders, long, smooth with muscle, oblique, extending 



into back 2 



Arms, short, thrown forward , i 



Fore arms, muscled, long, wide 2 



Knees, clean, wide, straight, deep, strongly supported. ... 2 



Cannons, short, wide; sinews, large, set back 2 



Fetlocks, wide, straight. i 



Pasterns, strong, angle with ground 45 degrees. . . ..... 3 



Feet, medium, even size; straight; horn dense; frog large, 



elastic; bars strong; sole concave; heel wide 6 



Legs, viewed in front, a perpendicular line from the point 

 of the shoulder should fall upon the center of the knee, 

 cannon, pastern and foot. From the side, a perpendicu- 

 lar line dropping from the center of the elbow joint should 

 fall upon the center of the knee and pastern joints and 



back of hoof 4 



BODY: 



Withers, muscled and well finished at top i 



Chest, deep, low, large girth 2 



Ribs, long, sprung, close 2 



Back, straight, short, broad, muscled 2 



Loin, wide, short, thick 2 



Underline, long; flank let down i 



HIND QUARTERS: 



Hips, smooth, wide, level 2 



Croup, long, wide, muscular 2 



Tail, attached high, well carried I 



Thighs, long, muscular, spread, open angled 2 



Quarters, heavily muscled, deep 2 



Qaskin or Lower Thighs, long, wide, muscular 2 



Hocks, clearly defined, wide, straight 5 



Cannons, short, wide; sinews, large, set back 2 



Fetlocks, wide, straight I 



Pasterns, strong, sloping 9 



