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powerful muscles, passing into neatly turned quarters the 

 so-called "goose rump" being of objectionable conformation. 



Arms and knees. The arms should be strong and power- 

 ful; the forearms of good breadth above and ending below in 

 broad- join ted, clean knees. A stiff knee is certainly detrimental, 

 as is also low daisy-cutting action, as such horses cannot freely 

 flex and extend their joints during the leap. 



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Fig. 139. The Hunter in Action. 



Mr. Edward B. McLean's Alarms jumping at the National Capitol Horse 

 Show at Washington, D. C., in 1914, ridden by Mr. Louis Leith. 



Thighs and hocks. The first and second thighs must be 

 neatly turned, and clothed with powerful muscles. Particular 

 attention must be paid to the hocks and to hock action; the 

 hock joints must be broad, deep from front to back, clean in 

 outline, and covered with thin skin. 



Cannons, fetlocks, and pasterns. The cannons, fetlocks, 

 pasterns, and feet demand special examination. The so-called 

 "clean" legs are indispensable, and every horseman knows the 



