CHAPTER IV 



FEATURES OF ANIMAL FORM TO BE CON- 

 SIDERED IN JUDGING 



38. General appearance is determined by all those 

 features which may be observed at a casual glance, and 

 usually includes a number of the individual features here- 

 after enumerated. 



39. Height or stature is a consideration in horses only, 

 as a rule, in which it is measured at the highest point of 

 the withers and is expressed in hands, four inches to the 

 hand. Fractions of a hand are given in inches most com- 

 monly, as fifteen hands, two inches, or 15-2, when the 

 height is sixty-two inches. 



40. Weight, as registered by the scales, is not stated 

 exactly, a unit of twenty-five pounds being the division 

 usually allowed in the case of horses and cattle on account 

 of possible variations of less amount being due to feeding 

 and watering. 



41. Scale. — Height and weight combined constitute 

 scale. 



42. Style is especially marked in horses, constituting 

 a most important feature of show, but greatly enhancing 

 the appearance of any class of animals ; it may be mani- 

 fested by cattle, sheep and hogs as well as horses. 



43. Symmetry is the result of the balancing of parts in 

 such proportions as to give an even, uniform, harmonious 

 appearance of the whole. It is as though the assembled 



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