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what makes it desirable. The various parts of an animal when studied in de- 

 tail exhibit dimensions of length, breadth, thickness, and direction. It is in 

 part because of these general relations or proportions that we dis- 

 tinguish, at first sight, a horse from a zebra. These proportions may be 



Fig. 24. — A well "^proptortioned horse: a, poll; b, lips; c, withers or shoulder lops; 

 d, point of shoulder; e, chest; f, back; g, abdomen; h, hips; j, rump; k, buttock; 

 I, knee; m, fetlock joint 



good or bad. If good, the animal is said to be well formed or to have a 

 handsome form; if bad, he is said to be wanting in form or not hand- 

 some. 



In a study of these relationships or proportions, we must take some 

 organ as a unit or standard of measurement. The head of the horse is the 



