44 JUDGING HORSES 



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 SCALE OF POINTS FOR DRAFT HORSES GELDING. % O 



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HIND QUARTERS: 



Hips, smooth, wide 2 



Croup, wide, muscular 2 



Tail, attached high, well carried i 



Thighs, muscular 2 



Quarters, deep, heavily muscled 2 



Qaskin or lower thighs, wide muscled 2 



Hocks, clean cut, wide, straight 8 



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



Fetlocks, wide, straight, strong i 



Pasterns, sloping, strong, lengthy 2 



Feet, large, even size; horn dense; dark color; sole con- 

 cave; bars strong; frog large, elastic; heel wide, one half 



length of toe and vertical to ground 6 



Legs, viewed from behind, a perpendicular line from the 

 point of the buttock should fall upon the center of the 

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

 lar line from the hip joint should fall upon the center of 

 the foot and divide the gaskin in the middle; and a per- 

 pendicular line from the point of the buttock should run 

 parallel to the line of the cannon 4 



ACTION : 



Walk, smooth, quick, long, balanced 6 



Trot, rapid, straight, regular 4 



Total.. . zoo 



IV. JUDGING HORSES IN THE BREEDING CLASSES. 



The preceding discussion has most to do with the judging 

 of the various types of the horse in use for pleasure or for 

 work; so that it is necessary to present some details that 

 should be observed in making awards in the breeding classes. 

 In this work the judge must closely discriminate between the 

 peculiar characteristics of the sexes and also employ much 

 judgment in determining the development according to the 

 age. 



75. Sex Characteristics. Preceding birth and for some 

 time in foetal life, there are no evidences of sex. Such are 

 apparent at birth, but it is not until the approach of puberty 

 that the sex characteristics referred to here begin to develop. 

 After this period is reached the sexes begin to diverge from 



