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MANUAL FOR STABLE SERGEANTS. 



Shoulders. — For cavalry horses, long, sloping, and well muscled. 

 For artillery and draft horses, they should be more nearly upright 

 and their front line clearly marked with a smooth, even surface and 

 free from excessive muscular development at a point marked *'A," 

 figure 27, which prevents a close fit of the collar. 



Tig. 27. — External regions of the horse. 1, Lips; 2, muzzle; 3, face; 4, forehead; 5, 

 eyebrows; 6, forelock; 7, ears; 8, lower jaw; 9, cheek; 10, nostril; 11, poll; 11a, throat; 

 12, parotid; 13, neck; 13a, mane; 14, jugular channel; 15, breast (front of chest); 16, 

 withers; 17, back; 18, ribs, or barrel; 19, girth; 20, loins; 21, croup; 22, tail; 23, dock; 

 24, flank; 25, belly; 26, sheath; 27, testicles; 28, point of shoulder; 28a. shoulder; 28b, 

 arm; 29. elbow; 30, forearm; 31, chestnut; 32, knee; 33, cannon; 34, fetlock joint; 

 35, pastern; 36, coronet; 37, foot; 38. fetlock; 39, haunch (point of hip); 40, thigh; 

 41, stifle; 42, buttock; 43, gaskin; 44, hock; 44a, point of hock; 45, chestnut; 46, 

 <3annon; 47, fetlock joint; 48, fetlock; 49, pastern; 50, coronet; 51, foot. 



Arms. — Short, muscular, and set well forward. 

 Elbows. — Large and long and clear of the chest. 

 forearms. — Long, broad, and well muscled. 



