JUDGING HORSES IN SECONDARY SCHOOLS. 



Students' score card — Continued. 

 LIGHT HORSES— Continued. 



Scale of points for gelding. 



Forcquartors— 23 points— Continued. 



17. Cannons, short, wide; sinews large, set back 



18. Fetlocks, wide, straight 



19. Pasterns, strong, angle with ground 45° 



20. Feet, medium, even size, straight; hom dense; frog large, elastic; 



bars strong ; sole concave ; heel wide, high 



21. Legs, viewed in front a perpendicular line from the point of the 



shoulders should fall upon the center of the knee, cannon, pastern 

 andfoot. From theside, aperpendicularlinedroppingfrom the 

 center of the elbow joint should fall upon the center of the knee 



and pastern joints and back of hoof 



Body— 9 points: 



22. Chest, deep, low, large girth 



23. Ribs, long, sprung, close 



24. Back, straight, short, broad, muscled 



25. Loin, wide, short, thick 



26. Underline, long; flank let down 



Hindquarters — 30 points: 



27. Hips, smooth, wide, level 



28. Croup, long, wide, muscular 



29. Tail attached high, well carried 



30. Thighs, long, muscular, spread, open angled 



31. Quarters, heavily muscled, deep 



32. Gaskins or lower thighs, long, wide, muscular 



33. Hocks, clearly defined; wide, straight 



34. Cannons, short, wide; sinews large, set back 



35. Fetlocks, wide, straight 



36. Pasterns, strong, sloping 



37. Feet, medium, even size; straight; horn dense; frog large, elastic; 



bars strong; sole concave; heel wide, high 



38. Legs, viewed from behind a perpendicular line from the point of 



the buttock should fall upon the center of the hock, cannon, pas- 

 tern, andfoot. From theside, aperpendicularlinefrom the hip 

 j oint should fall upon the center of the foot and divide the gaskin 

 in the middle; and a perpendicular 1 ine from the point of the but- 

 tock should run parallel with the line of the cannon 



Action — 20 points: 



39. Walk, elastic, quick, balanced 



40. Trot, rapid, straight, regular, high 



Total 



Perfect 

 score. 



Students' 

 score. 



Corrected 



run- 



100 



PRACTICE JUDGING. 



Preparing for a judging trip. — Exercises in stock judging, like 

 other field trips, are often failures because proper preparation is not 

 made for them. The teacher should know beforehand where he is 

 going and what he is going to clo. If possible, the animal chosen 

 for the first lesson should approach the perfect draft type, as it will 

 aid in fixing the ideal in the minds of the students. Horses should be 

 selected which may be easily handled, especially for the first trip. 

 Arrangements should be made with the owner so that the horse will 

 be ready, and in order that there will be no misunderstanding upon 

 taking the class to his premises. It may be possible to have the horse 

 brought to the school ; if this may be arranged it will save a good deal 

 of time for the class. It is difficult to judge a horse properly without 

 plenty of room. Wet, muddy barnyards should be avoided. The 

 instructor will find it to his advantage to go over the animal he in- 

 tends to use in a thorough manner before the class judges it. "When 



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