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Horse Bowl & Hippology Contest

Saturday, January 12, 2008

The annual contest will be held at the Littleton Congregational Church, 330 King St. Littleton. Registration is at 8:30 am, Hippology will begin at 9 am, and Horse Bowl will begin at 11am.

To earn a spot on the county team that will practice to compete at State Horse Roundup in April you must attend this competition.

OBJECTIVES

The primary objective of Horse Hippology Competition is to provide an opportunity for youth enrolled in 4-H horse projects, to demonstrate their knowledge of equine-related matters in a competitive setting, where attitudes of friendliness and fairness prevail. We hope that this competition will provide an educational experience for participants.

Hippology Competition is a written test with part of it being visual identification of related materials. Beginners: answer 1-25 questions plus the visual part; Juniors: answer 1-50 plus the visual part; Seniors: answer 1-100 plus the visual part.

The top ten placing Juniors and top ten Seniors in the County competition are invited to be on the county team of each. Each team will be comprised of 4 members with an alternate, they will go on to compete at the State Horse Hippology contest held in the Spring at “Horse Roundup” The top finishing “seniors” at State will be invited to be on the State team that goes to Nationals.

Senior Hippology: REFERENCE BOOKS

1. EQUUS GLOSSARY FROM EQUUS MAGAZINES- OCTOBER, 2001-SEPTEMBER, 2002

2. THE HORSE: (2nd edition), BY EVANS, BORTON, HINTZ VAN VLECK.W. H. Freeman and Company -660 Market St., San Francisco, California, 94104. A Special price may be available if ordered from publisher. Phone: 415/391-5870

3. HORSE INDUSTRY HANDBOOK - By the American Youth Horse Council. American Youth Horse Council, 4093-A Iron Works Pike, Lexington, KY 40511-8434 (800) 879-2942.

4. FEEDING AND CARE OF THE HORSE (2nd edition), by Lon D. Lewis 456 pgs. ($29.95) Williams and Wilkens, P.O. Box 1496, Baltimore, MD 21298-9724 (800) 638-0672.

5. THE COLORING ATLAS OF HORSE ANATOMY By Robert A. Kainer & Thomas O. McCracken. Alpine Publications Inc. P.O. Box 7027, Loveland, Colorado 80537 (970) 667-2017.

6. AMERICAN YOUTH HORSE COUNCIL LEADER MANUAL. American Youth Horse Council. American Youth Horse Council, 4093- A Iron Works Pike, Lexington, KY 40511-8434 (800) 879-2942

In addition to the above sources plus State Line Catalogs and representatives of feed used in horse rations.

Junior Hippology:Reference Books

1. Horse Science. 4-H project booklet, 2001 edition.

2. Horse & Horsemanship. 4-H project booklet, 2001 edition.

3. Horse Industry Handbook: By the American Youth Horse Council. American Youth Horse Council, 4093-A Iron Works Pike, Lexington, KY 40511-8434 (800) 879-2942. CHAPTER 3 Facilities & Waste Management, CHAPTER 4 Health Management, and CHAPTER 9 Reproduction.

In addition to the above State Line Catalogs and the Color Atlas of the Horse (basic parts) will be used.