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for a few months. They are all light in front, except Fig. 27, 

 which israther an unfavourable specimen ; being short and 

 thick in the neck, and light below the knees. As these 

 dragoon remounts average about 15.15, they are somewhat 

 small, and to English eyes would probably appear at first 

 sight rather light ; but closer inspection shows that they have 



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FIG. 25. Well-bred Remount. 



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capital bone, are compactly built, and have no superfluous 

 lumber to carry. They are, with very few exceptions, entirely 

 free from cart blood, and consequently, if their fore legs in 

 some cases seem a bit deficient below the knee, the back 

 tendons run more or less parallel to the canon bone, and we 

 find no coarseness about the fetlocks, which is a distinguishing 

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