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same time throwing tlie Lock joints outward. Tliis 

 formation indicates weakness of the limb, is very 

 unsightly and unsafe, and the horse will interfer 

 considerably. 



At the /ore legs, we notice the following deviations 

 from the perdendicular. 



(1) The hoofs are farther apart than the upper 

 portions of the leg. The deviation, from the perpen- 

 dicular, may begin at the elbow joint, or, lower down, 

 at the knee or the fetlock joint. If, at the same time, 

 a turn of the whole leg, around its axis, is connected 

 with the deviations, and the toe of the hoof is turned 

 outward, then it is called the dancingmaster position. 

 Horses, with either of these deviations, show an 

 irregular flourishing motion in bringing the leg 

 forward, becoming in many instances the cause of 

 interfering at the fetlock joints, especially if the 

 shoeing is not properly executed. Light-built and 

 narrow-chested blood horses frequently show this 

 position, but without any disadvantages. In this 

 case, the leg must show the deviation from the 

 perpendicular, only from the fetlock joint down, and 

 to a small degree. 



(2) The hoofs stand closer together than the width 

 of the chest. If, at the sanie time, the toe of the 

 hoof, or the whole longitudinal axis of the leg, is 

 turned inward, the danger of striking is greater than 



