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pose of indicating its relative importance. The hock is a no 

 more essential part of the horse's anatomy than the forearm, 

 yet the defects to which the hock is suhject are so much more 

 numerous, and their effect on the serviceahility of the horse of so 

 much more importance, that it is deserving of more careful con- 

 sideration. On this basis the hock is allotted six units or counts, 

 the forearm two. 



Scoring is the application of the score card as a standard of 

 merit to the individual, for the purpose of determining and 

 expressing numerically his degree of perfection. Applied suc- 

 cessively to a numher of individuals, it affords a means of deter- 

 mining their relative merits. However, this system is not appli- 

 cable to show ring judging or sales ring selection. The chief use 

 of the score card is in the classroom, where continued practice 

 in scoring affords the best means of training the eye in making 

 accurate observations, while there is being acquired, at the same 

 time, a mind picture of the ideal. Once the ideal expressed on 

 the score card is indelibly fixed in the mind, the card may be 

 given up and the mental picture take its place as a standard of 

 judgment. In the development of good judgment the score card 

 is indispensable, but for the practice of judging it is of little use. 

 Condensed or summarized score cards have been arranged which 

 facilitate scoring for such objects as the advanced registry of 

 dairy cattle and other purposes, but for students' use the full, 

 detailed accounting of every part is essential. 



The Draft Horse Score Card. — Following is the scale of 

 points and standard of excellence for the draft horse : 



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General Appearance. — 16. Counts 



1. Weight 



2. Height 



3. Form — low station, wide, deep, oompact, massive 4 



4. Substance — bone ample, joints broad, proportioned to scale 4 



5. Quality — bone dense and clean, tendons and joints sharply defined, 



leg broad and flat, hide and hair fine, refinement of. head, 

 finish 4 



6. Temperament — energetic, disposition good, intelligent 4 



Head and Neck. — 7. 



7. Head— size and dimensions, in proportion, clear cut features, 



straight face line, wide angle in lower jaw 1 



