lO MANAGEMENT AND BREEDING OF HORSES 



In time, practice with the score card will enable us rapidly 

 to look over a horse, note his good and bad points and 

 arrive at a correct estimate of his value. After having 

 learned the method of examination, the art of seeing the 

 parts of the animal instead of merely the animal as a 

 whole, and securing an idea of the relative importance of 

 the parts, we are ready to discontinue the use of the card 

 and take up comparative judging. 



Using the score card. — Two types of horses have been 

 placed on the same card (p. ii), although the descrip- 

 tion and the numerical value differs in nearly every 

 character. This has been done to facilitate teaching, as 

 it indicates rather vividly the differences in the light and 

 heavy types. It will be noticed also that the card has 

 been divided into several main divisions, each assigned 

 a numerical value, and these again divided into a number 

 of parts or characters, each of which is described and 

 given a figure which shows the percentage value attached 

 to each particular part. 



In scoring a horse first note the part or character crit- 

 ically and if the animal is as nearly perfect as is possible, 

 leave blank the column headed "student's," which means 

 that the part is worth all the card allows. If the char- 

 acter is imperfect, make a "cut," taking away from the 

 numerical value given the part, the percentage which in- 

 dicates how much it would have to be improved to be 

 perfect. Make the "cut" on the percentage basis; that 

 is, if scoring say the action of a driving horse which is 

 deficient lo per cent, take lo per cent of ten, the numerical 

 value given the character, which is i. Place i in the 

 column headed "student's." Continue until all parts have 

 been scored in the order given and the "cuts," if any, re- 

 corded. Add the "cuts," which show the total deficiency, 

 subtract this from lOO which gives the score of the animal. 

 By this method we can tell at a glance the parts that are 

 deficient, as they are the only ones marked. 



When the work has been completed by the class each 



