ILLUSTRATIONS 



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Principal Tendons of the Fore-Limb - 20 



Front View of Horse - - - - 21 



Back View of Horse - - - - 22 



Bones of Left Hind-Leg - - - 23 



Centre of Gravity - - - - 28 



The Centre of 6ra\ity in the Horse - 29 



Equilibrium 30 



Base of Support - - - - 31 



Lever of the First Order - - - 33 



Lever of the Second Order - - 33 



Lever of the Third Order - - - 34 



The Bones as Levers - - - - 35 



Lean Head, well set on - - - 36 



Fleshy Head ----- 37 



Front View of Skull and Temporal 



Muscles ------ 38 



Broad P'ace, lop ears - - - - 39 



Narrow Face 39 



Straight Face (Arab Stallion) - - 40 



Undulating Face - - - - 40 



Arched Face - - - - - 41 



Roman Nose - - - - - 41 



Forehead Prominent between the Eyes 42 



Long Ears - 42 



Head loosely coupled - - - - 44 



Head close coupled - - - - 45 



Head carried vertically - - - 46 



Swan Neck ----- 47 



Straight Neck 48 



Ewe Neck ------ 49 



The jMastoido-humeralis Muscle - - 50 

 Section of the AVithers, showing Sus- 

 pension of the Trunk between the 



Fore-Limbs 52 



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Ligamentum Nuchfe - - - 53 

 Section through the "Withers - - 54 

 Narrow Breast - - - - - Gl 

 Broad Breast - - - - - 61 

 Two Ribs, showing Costal Cartilages - 64 

 Articulation of the Hip Joint - - 67 

 Oblique Position of the Limljs in draw- 

 ing a' Load ----- 68 

 Bowed Knees ----- 74 



Calf Knees 74 



Toes turned out ----- 75 



In-kneed ------ 75 



Toes turned in - - - - - 75 



Good Forearm and Canon - - - 77 



Weak Forearm and Canon - - 77 



Bones of Fetlock and Pastern - - 78 

 Attachment of the Sesamoid Bones to 



the Skeleton of the Leg - - - 78 



Good Pasterns ----- 80 



Long Sloping Pasterns - - - 80 



Short Sloping Pasterns - - - 80 



Flat Foot ------ 82 



Upright Foot 82 



Posterior View of Pelvis and Hind- 

 Limbs of Horse - - - - 84 

 Bones of the Hock Joint - - - 87 

 The Hind-Limbs bent in drawing a 

 Loail ------ 88 



Cow-Hocks 89 



Bow-Legs ------ 89 



Excessive Length from Two Different 



Causes ------ 96 



Compensation for Excessive Length - 97 



Proportions of the Horse in Profile - 100 



PEDIGREE TABLES 



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Hermit - - 110 



Orme - - - - . - - - - - 111 



Stockwell - - - 114 



St. SiMi.ix 115 



Denmark 118 



Lord Derp.v II 119 



Confidence - - - 122 



FiREAWAY - 123 



Speciality 128 



