72 LIVE-STOCK JUDGING 



Hindquarters. — Continued. Counts 



29. Tail — set high, well carried 1 



30. Thighs — full, muscular 2 



31. Stifles — broad, full, muscular . . . . 2 



32. Gaskins — broad, muscular ... 2 



33. Hooks — straight, wide, point prominent, deep, 



clean cut, smooth, well supported . . . 6 



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



fined, set well back . . ... 2 



35. Fetlocks — wide, tendons well back, straight, well 



supported . . .2 



36. Pasterns — long, oblique (50 degrees) , smooth, strong 2 



37. 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 and 

 elastic, heels wide, full, one third height of toe, 

 horn dense, smooth, dark color ... . . 4 



38. 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 shoilld 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. — 16. 



39. Walk — long, free stride .... . 6 



40. Trot — long, rapid, straight, reachy stride . . 10 



Total . . . .100 



SCORE CARD 

 THE SADDLE HORSE 

 Scale of Points 

 General Appearance. — 12. 



1. Height 



2. Weight 



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