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stand perfectly straight on them. I mean by this, 

 they are not to appear too much under him, or 

 too much out or away from him. Suppose again, 

 for example, a man standing in front of the horse, 

 and here taking a view of the foot ; the centre part 

 of the wall or crust should be in or on a parallel 

 line with that lower part or joint of the shoulder, 

 commonly termed its point. A horse's feet thus 

 placed, will neither be too much out or too much 

 in ; but should his feet deviate from what I have 

 here observed, by amounting to a fault, in turning 

 too much out or too much in, I should prefer their 

 being a little out, to that of the other extreme of 

 turning in, and being what is called * pigeon- 

 toed.' 



*' I shall now proceed to describe the hind- 

 quarters or posterior extremities. As may be sup- 

 posed, the well formation of those parts is of the 

 utmost importance to a race-horse in his running ; 

 it is, therefore, necessary that they should be, in 

 breadth, substance, and length, of very superior 

 dimensions. The hips should have a great breadth 

 between them : and if thev are a little coarse or 

 projecting, so much the better, provided such 

 coarse projections are not in extreme, or appear 

 vulgar or unsightly. From the centre and poste- 

 rior part of the loins, to the top of the tail, is called 

 the ' croup,' and should be of great length ; and, 

 if it deviates from that of a straight line, it may 



