74 LIVE-STOUK JUDGING 



Forehand. — Continued. Counts 



should pass through the center of the elbow joint 

 and meet the ground at the center of the foot 4 



Body. — 12. 



21. Withers — high, muscular, well finished at top, ex- 



tending well into back ... 3 



22. Chest — medium width, deep . 2 



23. Ribs — well sprung, long, close . . . 2 



24. Back — short, straight, strong, broad . 2 



25. Loin — short, broad, muscular, strongly coupled . 2 



26. Plank — deep, full, long, low under line .... 1 



Hindquarters. — 31. 



27. Hips — broad, round, smooth 2 



28. Croup — long, level, round, smooth . 2 



29. Tail — set high, well carried 2 



30. Thighs — full, muscular 2 



31. Stifles — broad, full, muscidar 2 



32. Gaskins — broad, muscular .... ... 2 



33. Hocks — straight, wide, point promiinent, deep, 



clean cut, smooth, well supported . . 5 



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



fined, set well back ... .2 



35. Fetlocks — wide, tendons weU 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 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 



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