Rural School Leaflet. 1071 



7. When a horse trots, do the two feet on one side move together, 

 or do lefts and rights move together? 



8. What does a driver mean when he says that a horse "forges" or 

 "overreaches?" 



9. Name the things that a horse commonly eats. What is a good 

 feed for a day — how much of each food and when given? 



Answers 

 M. W. Harper 



1. The knee joint is situated a little over half way down the front 

 leg between the fore arm, which is above, and the canon, which is below. 

 It corresponds to the wrist of a man. 



The knee joint bends backward. 



2. The hock joint is situated about half way down the hind leg, and 

 is analogous to the knee. 



The hock bends forward. 



3. A horse can sleep standing, and will do so rather than lie in an 

 uncomfortable place unless there is something the matter with his 

 feet, or he is very tired. 



4. When a horse lies down, he draws the four feet together under 

 the body, lowers the head, bends over his knees until they touch the 

 ground, and gently falls over on the side, the right or the left. He may 

 now assume one of two positions: first, if on the right side, he rests on 

 the chest and the abdomen with all four legs half bent and drawn up 

 towards the abdomen, the head and neck swung to the left and probably 

 resting on the limbs or against the abdomen; second, he may lie flat 

 on his side with head, neck, body, and legs all stretched out on the 

 ground. 



5. To rise, the horse raises the head and neck, extends the forelegs in 

 front of him and raises himself part way up on them ; in the meantime 

 he has placed his hind feet on the ground a little removed from the 

 abdomen; then by a quick effort he brings himself up on his feet. 



When a cow rises, she lov/ers her head and neck, rests her fore quar- 

 ters on her knees, raises herself up on her hind feet, then by a quick 

 effort rises to her fore feet. 



6. A horse in starting to walk after standing, may start off with 

 either his right or his left foot. In case he starts off with his left front 

 foot, almost at the same time he raises his right hind foot. At the 

 walk, a horse moves on diagonal feet. 



7. When a horse trots, he moves his right front foot and left hind 

 foot together. At the trot he travels on diagonal feet. 



