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TYPES AND MARKET CLASSES OF LIVE STOCK 



which comes on the legs of a horse with poor feet, straight pas- 

 terns, and straight shoulders. Then if you shifted your weight 

 to your toes and bent your knees slightly, you found that your 

 teeth stopped chattering and your hat remained on your head. 



Fig. 119. Front View of Fore Legs. 



A vertical line downward from the point of the shoulder should fall upon 

 the center of the knee, cannon, pastern, and foot. A, Ideal position; B, toes 

 out; C, bow legged; D, narrow chested and toes out; E, stands close; F, knock 

 kneed; G, pigeon toed. 



In other words, your change in position changed the column of 

 bones supporting your weight from a straight, vertical column 

 to a broken one with angles which acted as springs and absorbed 

 the jar. It is just so with a horse having good feet and nicely 

 sloping shoulders and pasterns. 



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Fig. 120. Side View of Fore Legs. 



A vertical line downward from the center of the elbow joint should fall 

 upon the center of the knee and fetlock joints and meet the ground back of 

 the heel. A, Ideal position; B, camped under; C, camped out; D, knee sprung; 

 E, calf kneed. 



Defective conformations of the legs and effects on action. 



A line around the hoof on the ground gives the area of the base 

 of support of that leg. If the center of the base of support of 

 the leg is not directly under the center of the weight falling on 

 that leg, the side of the foot nearest the point directly under 



