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SPECIAL POINTS OF VARIOUS CLASSES. 



3. The shoulder-blades and pasterns should be long 



and sloping. 



4. The muscles which lie along the front portion of 

 the shoulder-blade, and the lump of muscle above the 

 fore - arm should be well developed ; as the former 

 straighten the shoulder joint, and the latter straighten the 



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P"ig. 425.- Leicestershire hunter, the properly of Major Orr-Ewing. 



elbow joint ; two actions which help to prevent the horse 

 from falling when he lands over a jump. 



5. The muscles over the loins, behind the saddle, 

 should be particularly strong (p. 67). 



6 The hocks should be large : and the gaskins 

 broad. 



On page 310, I have alluded to the favour which 



