JUDGING A HORSE 



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should be upright, well muscled and deep ; the buttocks 

 firmly muscled and well descended; and the gaskins or 

 hind legs, from the thighs to the hocks, should be long 

 and well muscled. 



The hocks should be large, deep, clean cut and 

 properly set. The bone forming the point of the 

 hock should be prominent, since this gives a better 

 attachment for the ten- 

 dons which pass over it, 

 thereby giving the hind 

 leg a deeper appearance 

 and increasing its ef- 

 ficiency. The cannons 

 should be short, deep, 

 clean, with tendons well 

 detached and parallel to 

 the cannon bones ; the 

 fetlocks should be wide, 

 deep and clean ; and the 

 pasterns rather long, 

 sloping and strong. The 

 hind feet should be oval, 

 dense, fine in texture, of good size and perfectly sound. 

 Perfect score for driving, 25 points. 



In the draft horse, the hips should be level, wide and 

 smooth. The croup should be broad, thickly muscled and 

 moderately sloping, though there is considerable differ- 

 ence in draft horses in this regard. The thighs and 

 buttocks should be heavily muscled. The direction of the 

 thigh and hind leg should be such as will give the muscles 

 the most favorable attachment for the development of 

 power. This means, perhaps, that the lower part of the 

 thigh should be inclined well forward and that the leg 

 should be moderately sloping from the thigh to the hock. 

 The hock should be wide, deep, properly set and clearly 

 defined ; the cannons should be short and clean with ten- 

 dons well detached ; the fetlocks should be wide, deep and 



Fio. 13. — Position of Hind Legs 



1. Correct position; 2. standing under; 3. 

 standing forward. 



