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" dainty " in their feeding, when they have been wound 

 up in their training to " full concert pitch." 



2. Development and Leanness of Muscles. — The muscles 

 of the croup (those over the quarters) should present a 

 rounded surface, and those over the loins and back, at each 

 side of the backbone, should stand out in bold relief. The 

 line (the " water-mark ") down the rear portion of the 

 thigh (Fig. 346)'"should be clearly apparent. The muscles 



Photo hy] 



[Olarenok Hailey, Newmarket. 

 Fig. 413.— Mr. J. Bell's Prince Charles II. 



which are just above the fore-arm should form a 

 rounded mass, and those of the shoulders should be well 

 defined. There should be over the ribs a thick sheet of 

 muscle, which should show well above the level of the 

 part of the flank in rear of it. This muscular covering of 

 the ribs terminates abruptly in an irregular line which 

 goes downwards and backwards in the direction of the 

 groin, and which can be seen plainly only when there is no 

 excess of fat about the part. In forced respiration (p. 51), 



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