PRACTICE JUDGING 65 



By means of the arrangement into major headings, each 

 of which is divided into sub-headings, the student may 

 become famiUar with the individual parts and the regions 

 into which they are grouped, with the names of each. 

 The correct features of each part are specified in a brief 

 description and the relative importance of each part in 

 the animal organism is indicated by the numerical value 

 attached thereto. Those which are most liable to be de- 

 fective and most detrimental to the usefulness of the 

 animal if defects in them exist are allotted the greatest 

 number of counts. By continued practice with the score 

 card, the student not only acquires a mental impression 

 of the ideal, which eventually enables him to cast the 

 score card aside, but he is also trained in making system- 

 atic and accurate observations. 



SCORE CARD 



THE DRAFT HORSE 



Scale of Points 

 General Appearance. — 16. Counts 



1. Weight ... 



2. Height ... 



3. Form — low station, wide, deep, compact, massive 4 



4. Substance — bone ample, joints broad, propor- 



tioned to scale ... .4 



5. Quality — bone dense and clean, tendons and joints 



sharply defined, leg broad and flat, hide and hair 



fine, refinement of head, finish . 4 



6. Temperament — energetic, disposition good, intel- 



ligent ...... . . 4 



Head and Neck. — 7. 



7. Head — size and dimensions, in proportion, clear- 



cut features, straight face line, wide angle in 

 lower jaw . . . . 1 



8. Forehead — broad, full 1 



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