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THE FORE LIMB. 



or any fulness or softness, will indicate the presence or 

 previous existence in them of injury or disease. If the 

 leg be free from an excess of hair, the suspensory hgament 

 should stand out in bold relief (Fig. 360) between the 

 cannon-bone and back tendons, and should feel as tense 

 and hard as a fiddle-string. If there be any difficulty 

 in tracing its course with the fingers, or if it feels soft or 

 rounded, we may rest assured that it has suffered from 



Photo by] [M. H. H. 



Fig. 364. — Small development 



of pisiform bone. 



injury, which fact will probably prevent it from standing 

 much work. In " clean " legs (Fig. 360), we should be 

 able to trace the course of the suspensory ligament for 

 some distance on each side, as it proceeds obliquely down 

 the pastern. 



Fetlock. — The chief points about this joint are : that it 

 should be flat from side to side, and that, viewing the leg 

 in profile, it should not (as I have previously remarked) 

 be broad as compared to the width of the leg just below 

 the knee (Fig. 366). Any roundness of the fetlock which 



