U ON THE EXTERNAL CONFORMATION, 

 quarters are merely passive, and extend them- 

 selves to receive the weight of the body, and if 

 they arc sufficiently strong for that purpose, the 

 animal may certainly move with considerable 

 velocity; but thence it is not to be inferred, that 

 a greater velocity might not be produced if both 

 the fore and hinder quarters were alike perfect 

 in their conformation. 



The fore legs will next come under consi- 

 deration, on the good structure of which the 

 safety and ease of the pace of the animal will 

 chiefly depend, 



A horse, whose legs are twisted, or impro- 

 perly placed too far under his body, may pos- 

 sess great speed; but that his action must be 

 imperfect, the following reasons will sufficiently 

 demonstrate : 



If the foot turns either inwards or outwards, 

 it cannot alight flat on the ground, in which 



case 



