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. 



FIG. 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; lla, 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; 28&, 

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

 cannon; 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. 



