148 JUDGING LIGHT HORSES 



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HINDQUARTERS 32 Points. 



Hips: broad, round, smooth 2 



Croup: long, level, round, smooth 2 



Tail: set high, well carried 2 



Thighs: full, muscular 2 



Stifles: broad, full, muscular 2 



Gaskins: broad, muscular 2 



Hocks: straight, wide, point prominent, deep, clean cut, 



smooth, well supported 6 



Canons: short, broad, flat, tendons sharply defined, set 



well back . 2 



Fetlocks: wide, tendons well back, straight, well supported . 2 

 Pasterns: long, oblique (50 degrees), smooth, strong ... 2 

 Feet: large, round (slightly less than in front), uniform, 

 straight, slope of wall parallel to slope of pastern, sole 

 concave, bars strong, frog large and elastic, heels wide, 

 full one-third height of toe, horn dense, smooth, dark 



color 4 



Legs: direction viewed from the rear, a perpendicular line 

 dropped from the point of the buttock should divide the 

 leg and foot into lateral halves; viewed from the side this 

 same line should touch the point of the hock and meet the 

 ground some little distance back of the heel. A perpen- 

 dicular line dropped from the hip- joint should meet the 

 ground near the center of the foot 4 



ACTION 16 Points. 



Walk: straight, snappy, springy, proud, stylish .... 6 

 Trot: in line, bold, flashy, extreme flexion of knees and hocks, 

 balanced, regular . 10 



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LIGHT HARNESS GROUP OR TYPE. 



The light harness group or type is represented by two 

 rather distinct classes known as the speed or race horse, and 

 the roadster. While these classes are distinctly different, 

 they are both characterized by certain well-defined attributes 

 or qualifications. 



Conformation. Speed and roadster attainments in light 

 harness horses are the chief requisites to be considered 

 in judging these animals. These attainments are depicted 

 in the height, weight, structural conformation, quality, tern- 



