32 JUDGING HEAVY HORSES 



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

 large, elastic; bars strong; sole, concave; heel, wide, 

 high 4 



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 

 the side, a perpendicular line from the hip joint 

 should fall upon the center of the foot and divide 

 the gaskin in the middle; and a perpendicular line 

 from the point of the buttock should run parallel 



with the line of the cannon 4 



ACTION: 



Walk, elastic, quick, balanced 5 



Trot, rapid, straight, regular, high 15 



Total 100 



III. JUDGING HEAVY HORSES. 



53, Consideration of Condition. In examining draft 

 horses it is well to remember that defects that are often 

 apparent to the eye in the instance of light horses, require 

 more careful observation to detect them in heavy horses. 

 The defects are usually harder to see owing to the degree 

 to which the horses may be pampered. Draft horses may be 

 fed to such a high condition and in this way so "veneered" 

 that it becomes a very hard matter to detect the struc- 

 tural defects. A horse in lean serviceable condition will 

 often show many defects especially in the body that a 

 thick covering of fat would hide. In judging draft 

 horses it is necessary to observe the greatest precaution 

 so as not to mistake such padding with fat for dvelopment 

 of muscle. 



/. General Examination. 



As in the light horse the most important matters to 

 notice in the general examination are the form, quality 

 and action of the horse under inspection. 



54. Form Massive, Broad, Deep. In form the draft 

 horse should be broad, square, close to the ground and 

 well proportioned. It is necessary to remember that power 

 rather than speed should be the outcome of the effort of 

 a draft horse. It is evident that the size of the muscle 

 has more to do with power, while the length of the muscle 



