4 ! JUDGING HORSES 



SCALE OF POINTS FOR DRAFT HORSES GELDING 



Continued 



HIND QUARTERS: 



Hips, smooth, wide 2 



Croup, wide, muscular 2 



Tail, attached high, well carried 1 



Thighs, muscular 2 



Quarters, deep, heavily muscled 2 



Gaskin or lower thighs, wide muscled 2 



Hocks, clean cut, wide, straight 8 



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



Fetlocks, wide, straight, strong 1 



Pasterns, sloping, strong, lengthy 2 



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

 cave; hars 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 

 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 to the line of the 

 cannon 4 



ACTION: 



Walk, smooth, quick, long, balanced 6 



Trot, rapid, straight, regular 4 



Total. . .100 



TV. JUDGING HORSES IN THE BREEDING CLASSES. 



The preceding- discussion has most to do with the judg- 

 ing 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 w r ork 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 pu- 

 berty that the sex characteristics referred to here begin to 

 develop. After this period is reached the sexes begin to 



