196 THE BREEDS OF LIVE-STOCK 
Wheel mules to weigh from 1150 to 1250 pounds and 
be from 15% to 164 hands high. 
Lead mules to weigh from 1000 to 1150 pounds and be 
from 15 to 15% hands high. 
Head.— Well formed and of medium size, with ears long, 
tapering and erect; forehead broad and full; eyes large, 
clear, prominent and mild, with well developed brow and 
fine eyelid; vision perfect in every respect; teeth sound 
and meeting vertically; tongue free from blemishes; 
muzzle well rounded and firm, with large nostrils. 
Neck. — Medium length and smoothly joined to the 
shoulder and withers, with crest firm, full and inclined 
to arch. 
Shoulders. — Long, oblique, well and smoothly muscled, 
and so formed as to provide proper support for the collar. 
Chest. — High, wide, very deep and full. 
Back. — Short, straight and well and smoothly muscled. 
Loins. — Broad, straight, very short and muscular. 
Barrel. — Large, with ribs well arched and definitely 
separated from each other. 
Fore-legs. — Vertical and properly placed; with elbow 
large, long and clear of chest; fore-arm large, very long, 
heavily muscled and vertical. 
Knees. — Large, wide in front, well placed and _ free 
from blemishes. 
Hind-quarters. — Wide, thick, very long, full, heavily 
muscled, rounded externally and well directed. 
Hocks. — Neatly outlined, lean, free from puffs, large, 
wide from front to rear and well directed. Gaskins well 
developed. 
Limbs. — From knees and hocks downward _ vertical, 
short, wide laterally, with tendons and ligaments stand- 
ing well out from bone and distinctly defined. 
