STRUCTURAL EXAMINATION 31 



"" SCALE OF POINTS FOB LIGHT HORSES GELDING. % o 



GENERAL APPEARANCE: (/) 



Form, symmetrical, smooth, stylish 4 



Quality, bone clean, firm and indicating sufficient sub- 

 stance; tendons defined; hair and 3kin fine 4 



Temperament, active, kind disposition 4 



HEAD AND NECK: 



Head, lean, straight 1 



Muzzle, fine, nostrils large; lips thin, even; teeth sound 1 



Eyes, full, bright, clear, large 1 



Forehead, broad, full 1 



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



apart . . l 



Neck, muscled; crest, high; throatlatch, fine; wind- 

 pipe, large _. 1 



FORE QUARTERS: 



Shoulders, long, smooth with muscle, oblique, extend- 

 ing into back 2 



Arms, short, thrown forward 1 



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 1 



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 

 perpendicular 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 1 



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 1 



HIND QUARTERS: 



Hips, smooth, wide, level 2 



Croup, long, wide, muscular 2 



Tail, attached high, well carried 1 



Thighs, long, muscular, spread, open angled 2 



Quarters, heavily muscled, deep 



Gaskin or Lower Thighs, long, wide, muscular 2 



Hocks, clearly defined, wide, straight 5 



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



Fetlocks, wide, straight 1 



Pasterns, strong, sloping 2 



