NECK. 



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is that the racer, chaser, and hunter should be light in 

 the head, neck and shoulders. 



The neck, with respect to its contour, is designated 

 high-crested (or convex, Fig. 312), straight (Figs. 275 

 and 277), or ewe-necked (concave. Fig. 307), as the 

 case may be. The contour varies a good deal ac- 

 cording to the manner the animal holds his head, 

 and should be judged by the form it assumes when the 

 horse stands in an ordinary manner at attention (p. 79), 



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Fig. 312. — Ardenne Stallion. 



[J. Delton, Paris. 



with the line of its face at an angle of about 60° to the 

 ground. Some horses, especially coarse bred entires, have 

 a very high and thick crest (Fig. 312), from an excessive 

 amount of fat having been deposited above the suspensory 

 Hgament of the head and neck. Such a formation, from 

 overloading the fore - hand, is a marked defect in any 

 kind of saddle-horse. A shght convexity of crest in a lean 

 though fairly muscular neck, as in Fig. 309, is a beauty. 



