16 ON THE EXTERNAL CONFORMATION. 



The upper part of the fore leg next the 

 shoulder, should be broad and muscular. 



The power of elevating the knee, and throw- 

 hig the leg forwards, depends much on the size 

 of the muscles in this part. 



The knee in a front view should be broad, 

 flat, and square; the lower part of the limb, be- 

 tween the knee and the fetlock, should be short, 

 flat, and wide in a lateral view. The tendons 

 should be distinct, firm, and detached from the 

 bone. The fetlock should correspond in pro- 

 portion with the rest of the leg, neither too up- 

 right nor too sloping. If it is too long, its abi- 

 lity of sustaining the weight of the body will be 

 diminished; and if it is too short, it will be liable 

 to knuckle over. Short pasterns are generally 

 attended with contracted feet, the weight of the 

 body not being thrown so much on the heel as 

 is the case with long pasterns. 



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