. Bulletin of the Department of Agriculture. Agriculture; Agriculture. 20 BULLETIN 48*7, l\ s. DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE. Hocks.—The hocks are even more important than the knees, as the strain of starting a load and heavy hauling devolves upon these joints. They should be perfectly sound and show great strength. To show strength they should be large, well defined, clean, and straight. Cannons, fetlocks, pasterns, feet.—Statements regarding the lower part of the front leg will apply equally well to the corresponding parts of the hind leg. Legs.—As the hind legs are more important in pullin
. Bulletin of the Department of Agriculture. Agriculture; Agriculture. 20 BULLETIN 48*7, l\ s. DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE. Hocks.—The hocks are even more important than the knees, as the strain of starting a load and heavy hauling devolves upon these joints. They should be perfectly sound and show great strength. To show strength they should be large, well defined, clean, and straight. Cannons, fetlocks, pasterns, feet.—Statements regarding the lower part of the front leg will apply equally well to the corresponding parts of the hind leg. Legs.—As the hind legs are more important in pulling a load, it is even more important that they are straight than it is that the front less are not crooked. As suggested in the score card when viewed. Fin. 12.—Judging action. Horse moving away from student nt a walk. from behind, a perpendicular line from the point of the buttock should fall upon the center of the hock, cannon, pastern, and foot. (Fig. 11.) From the side, a perpendicular line from the hip joint should fall upon the center of the foot and divide the gaskin in the middle, and a perpendicular line from the point of the buttock should run parallel with the line of the cannon. Walk.—Inasmuch as most of the work of a draft horse is done at a walk (figs. 12, 13, and 14) in the score this gait is given more weight than the trot. It is important that a working horse maintain a fast. Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original United States. Dept. of Agriculture. [Washington, D. C. ?] : The Dept. : Supt. of Docs. , G. P. O.
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