THE SHOULDER. 



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be proportionate to the amount of strength which the 

 fore legs will be called upon to display. We may judge 

 it, by the thickness of the structures just below (four or 

 five inches) the highest point of the withers ; by the 

 width between the fore legs ; by the thickness of the 

 broadest part of the body at the point of the shoulders 

 (Figs. 327 to 332) ; by the condition of the muscles 



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Fig. 344.— Sloping 

 shoulder. 



Fig. 345-— Upright 

 shoulder. 



which cover the shoulder-blade ; and by the amount of 

 depression there is immediately in front of the shoulder- 

 blade where it joins the neck. This dip ("place for the 

 collar ") is well shown in Figs. 304, 307, and 333. The 

 difference of level between the surface of the neck and 

 that of the shoulder will be best observed when the 

 neck is thin and the shoulder thick (see remarks on the 

 conformation of Cloister, p. 387). At the same time, a 



