1 8 EX AM IN A TION OF HORSES 



hunters carrying heavy weights while labouring under 

 this, at all times, unfavourable condition ; but when it 

 may be looked upon as safe, the neck and shoulders 

 are fine,the latter are well back, and the legs thrown 

 forward. In not a few of these cases you may learn that 

 ^he horse has been so from the time he was a foal. 

 Without signs of broken knees, you will be unable, 

 and mostly unwilling, to condemn such as unsound. 

 When, however, you find shaky legs, and upright clumsy 

 shoulders, with or without a heavy "forehand," and 

 without broken knees, you will have little hesitation in 

 condemning the horse. 



At our next meeting we will begin to review the second 

 stage of the examination. 



