70 THE HORSE. 
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Two heads and twenty parts, the height of the body, through the middle of the 
centre of gravity. 
Tivo hens. and seven parts, the height of the highest part of the chest from the 
ground. 
Two heads and five parts, the height of the perpendicular line which falls from the 
articulation of the arm with the shoulder, directly to the hoof. 
One head and twenty parts, the height of the perpendicular line which falls from the 
top of the fore leg, dividing equally all its parts to the fetlock. 
One head and nineteen parts, the height of the perpendicular line from the elbow to 
the ground. 
One head and nineteen parts, the distance from the top of the withers to the stifle. 
The same measure also gives the distance from the top of the rump to the 
elbow. 
One and a half head, the length of the neck from the withers to the top of the head. 
The same measure also gives the length of the neck from the top ofthe head to 
its insertion into the chest. 
One head, the width of the neck at its union with the chest. 
Twelve parts of a head, the width of the neck in its narrowest part. 
The same measure gives the breadth of the head taken below the eyes. 
One head and four parts, the thickness of the body from the middle of the back to 
the middle of the belly. 
The same measure gives the breadth of the body. 
Also the rump from its summit to the extremity of the buttocks. 
Also the distance from the root of the tail to the stifle. 
Also the length from the stifle to the hock. 
Also the height from the extremity of the hoof to the hock. 
Twenty parts of a head, the distance from the extremity of the buttocks to the stifle 
Also the breadth of the rump or croup. 
Ten parts of a head, the breadth of the fore legs from their anterior part to the 
elbow. 
Ten parts of a head, the breadth of one of the hind legs taken beneath the fold of the 
buttocks. 
Eight parts of a head, the breadth of the ham taken from the bend. 
Also the breadth of the head above the nostrils. 
Seven parts of a head, the distance of the eyes from one great angle to the other. 
Also the distance between the fore legs. 
Five parts of a head, the thickness of the knees. 
Also the breadth of the fore legs above the knees. 
Also the thickness of the hams. 
Four parts of a head, the breadth of the pastern, or fetlock joint. 
Also the thickness of the coronet. 
Four and a half parts of the head, the breadth of the coronet. 
Three parts of a head, the thickness of the legs at their narrowest part. 
Also the breadth of the hinder legs or shanks. 
Two and three-quarter parts of a head, the thickness of the hind pasterns. 
Also the breadth of the shanks of the fore legs. 
Two and a quarter parts of a head, the thickness of the fore pasterns. 
Also the breadth of the hind pasterns. 
One and three-quarter parts of a head, the thickness of the fore and hind shanks, 
From these proportions it appears that the horse was generally long and 
low, and that he had a remarkably low forehand as compared with his 
hips, which were considerably higher than his withers. I have already 
gone into this subject, however, and must refer my readers to page 13 
for the particulars of it. The stock of Eclipse won 158,0472., being little 
more than three-fourths of that which fell to the share of that of Herod, 
and I believe the same proportion would be found to exist in the next 
remove from each horse. 
AS AN INSTANCE of the stoutness of the horses of this period, I shall 
insert a record of the match against time won by Mr. Shafto, on the 27th 
June, 1759. The conditions were that he should ride fifty miles, on an 
unlimited number of horses, in two successive hours, and he accomplished 
the task in one hour, forty-nine minutes, and seventeen seconds, with the 
ten following horses, using four of them twice. 
