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should on stopping work, or when standing for a while, 

 be blanketed ; for the animal is as liable as man to get 

 cold in a draught, or from too rapid evaporation. 



EXERCISE 



If the pupil will take an ordinary tape measure, he can make some meas- 

 urements of the horse that will be very interesting as well as profitable. 



Let him measure : 



. 



1. The height of the horse at the withers, i to I. 



2. The height of the horse at croup, 2 to 2. 



3. Length of shoulder, i to 3. 



4. Length of back, 4. 



5. Length of head, 5. 



6. Depth of body, 6 to 6. 



7. Daylight under body, 7 to 7. 



8. Distance from point of shoulder to quarter, 3 to 3. 



9. Width of forehead. 

 10. Width between hips. 



NOTE. Many interesting comparisons can be made (i) by measuring 

 several horses, (2) by studying the proportion between parts of the same 

 horse. 



PROPORTIONS OF A HORSE 



1. How many times longer is the body than the head? Do you 

 get the same result from different horses ? 



2. How does the height at the withers compare with the height 

 at croup ? 



3. How do these compare with distance from quarter to shoulder? 



4. How does the length of head compare with thickness of body, 

 and the open space, or " daylight," under the body ? 



