PRACTICE JUDGING 67 



Hindquarters. — 32. Counts 



28. Hips — wide, level, muscular . . .... 2 



29. Croup — long, level, muscular . . . 2 



30. Tail — attached high, well carried . . 1 



31. Thighs — deep, muscular . . .... 2 



32. Stifles — broad, thick, muscular . . 



33. Gaskins — wide, muscular ... 



34. Hocks — straight, wide, point prominent, deep 



clean cut, smooth, well supported 



35. Cannons — short, broad, flat, tendons sharply de- 



fined, set well back ... .... 



36. Fetlocks — wide, tendons well set back, straight 



well supported 



37. Pasterns — long, oblique (50 degrees), smooth 



strong . . ... 



38. Feet — large, round (slightly less than in front), uni- 



form, straight, slope of wall parallel to slope of 

 pastern, sole concave, bars strong, frog large, elas- 

 tic ; heels wide, full, one third height of toe, horn 

 dense, smooth, dark color . . 4 



39. Legs — direction viewed from the rear, a perpen- 



dicular line dropped from the point of the buttock 

 should divide the leg and foot into lateral halves ; 

 viewed from the side, this same line should touch 

 the point of the hock and meet the ground some 

 little distance back of the heel. A perpendicular 

 line dropped from the hip joint should meet the 

 ground near the center of the foot 4 



Way of Going. — 10. 



40. Walk — straight, strong, active 6 



41. Trot — powerful, free, moderate action .... 4 



Total 100 



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