Rural School Leaflet 



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LESSONS ON HORSES 



M. W. Harper 



I. THE PROPORTIONS OF A HORSE 



Every farm boy and every girl too, for that matter, should know what 

 characters constitute a good horse — what makes a horse wanting in form, 



The parts of a horse: i, month; 2, nostrils; 3, chin; 4, nose; 5, face; 6, forehead; 7, eye; 

 8, ear; p, lower jaw; 10, throatlatch; 11, windpipe; 12, crest; ij, zvilhers; 14, shoulder; 

 IS, breast; 16, arm; ly, elboiu; 18, forearm; ig, knee; 20, cannon; 21, fetlock; 22, pastern; 

 2j, foot; 24, fore flaytk; 25, heart girth; 26, coupling; 2/, back; 28, loin; 2p, rear flank; 

 JO, belly; ji, hip; 32, croup; 33, tail; 34, buttock; 35, quarters; 36, thigh; 37, stifle; 

 38, lower thigh; 3g, hock 



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

 in detail exhibit dimensions of length, breadth, thickness, and direction. 

 It is in part because of these general relations, or proportions, that a 

 horse is distinguished at first sight from a zebra. These proportions may 

 be 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. 



In a study of these relationships, or proportions, some part of the horse 

 must be taken as a unit, or standard of measurement. The head is 



