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JUDGING FARM ANIMALS 



Standard of Score of 



SCALE OF POINTS 



Perfect 

 Scored 



Jack 

 Studied 



C — FOREITAND, 21 Points: 



12. Shoulders, oblique, smooth 2 



13. Arms, short, wide, muscular, well set 2 



14. Forearm, long, wide, heavily muscled 2 



15. Knees, wide, deep, strong, well supported . . . . 2 



16. Cannons, short, wide, clean; tendons defined . . . . 2 



17. Fetlocks, wide, straight, clean 1 



18. Pasterns, sloping (about 45°), strong, clean . . . . 2 



19. Feet, large, round, uniform; slope of wall parallel 



to slope pastern; sole concave; bars strong; 

 frog prominent, elastic; heel wide, high; horn 



dense 8 



D — BODY, 13 Points: 



20. Withers, well defined, smooth, muscular 2 



21. Chest, wide, deep, girth large 3 



22. Ribs, well sprung, long, close 3 



23. Back, short, well carried, muscular 2 



24. Loin, short, wide, thickly muscled 2 



25. Flanks, low, well filled out; underline long, low . . 1 



E — HINDQUARTERS, 27 Points: 



26. Hips, smooth, well covered 2 



27. Croup, long, wide, not steep, muscular 3 



28. Thighs, thick, deep, muscular, not too close . . 



29. Stifles, wide, well muscled, prominent, clean. . 



30. Gaskins, long, wide, muscular 



31. Hocks, straight, wide, large, strong, not meaty, 



clean cut, well set 



32. Cannons, short, wide, clean; tendons v/ell defined 



33. Fetlocks, wide, straiebt, strong, clean 



34. Pasterns, sloping (about 50°), straight, clean, show- 



ing no knuckling 



35. Feet, medium sze, uniform, straight, slope wall 



parallel to slope pastern ; sole concave ; bars 

 strong ; frog prominent, elastic ; heel wide, 

 high; horn dense, smooth 



F — ACTION, 10 Points: 



36. Walk, straight, stride long, elastic 



37. Trot, straight, long, free, regular, snappy 



Total points 100 .... 



The general appearance of the jack largely depends upon 

 tlie breed and ancestry. There are considerable variations 

 in size, color and other characteristics that breeders value. 

 There has been in the past much lack of uniformity in the 

 jacks used by. American breeders, and many inferior indi- 

 viduals have been in sei-vice. In general, the jack should 

 have a conformation very closely related to that of the 

 horse, excepting in certain details. The striking differ- 



