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 oblique and angular. The leg from the hough 

 to the ground should be perpendicular, and 

 exactly under the hip joint. Vide L L. 



The thigh above the hough should be 

 broad and muscular (M M) ; the hough wide, 

 flat, and lean. The width of the hough me- 

 chanically increases its powers, by removing 

 the acting muscle to a greater distance from the 

 joint, thereby lengthening the lever. The uti- 

 hty of the above conformation in the hinder 

 quarters, consists in furnishing a greater length 

 to the haunch and thigh bones, without adding 

 to the volume of the part wherein they are 

 contained, and without removing the foot too 

 far from the center of gravity. The hinder 

 quarters, when viewed from behind, should 

 appear wider from stifle to stifle (A A, pi. 4, 

 Jig. 2) than from hip to hip (B B). Herein 

 may be traced a strong characteristic of the 

 blood horse. 



C 4. The 



