CONTENTS. 



CHAPTER I. 



FIRST PRINCIPLES OF CONFORMATION. 



PAGK 



Varieties of Conformation — Animals of Speed and Animals of Strength 



— Endurance — Soundness . . . . . . . . i-ii 



CHAPTER n. 



NAMES OF EXTERNAL PARTS. 



Head — Neck — Breast and Chest — Shoulders — ^Withers — -Elbow — Fore 

 Arm — Knee — Shank — Fetlock — Pastern — Hoof — Back — ■ Loins- 

 Ribs— Flank— Belly— Brisket— Croup— Thigh— Gaskin— Hock — 

 Dock — Height of a Horse — Length of the Body of a Horse — ■ 

 Depth of Chest at Withers — Depth of Body — Height at Croup — 1 2-21 



CHAPTER HL 



STRUCTURES OF THE BODY. 



Bones — Cartilage — Muscles and Tendons — Ligaments — Connective 



Tissue — The Nervous System ....... 22-34 



CHAPTER IV. 



.SKETCH OF THE ANATOMY OF THE HORSE. 



Definitions — Bones ■ — Joints and Ligaments — Muscles — Heart and 



Lungs — Nervous System — Teeth . ' . . • • • 35"49 



CHAPTER V. 

 Mechanism of breathing ........ 5°"52 



CHAPTER VI. 

 distribution of weight in the horse's body. 

 Comparative Weight borne by the Fore and Hind Limbs — Centre 



of Gravity. . ........ 53"55 



