PROPORTIONS OF VARIOUS POINTS. 



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Indies 



Height at withers and croup .... 63 

 Length from shoulder-point to quarter 66 

 From the lowest part of chest to the 



ground 36 



From the elbow-point to the ground . 39 

 From the withers to the pole, just be- 

 hind the ears, in a straight line . . 30 

 The same measured along the crest . 32 



Length of head 22 



Width across the forehead 9? 



Girth varies from 76 to 79. 



Circumference of fore cannon-bone. 7, 8, 8, 8, 8, and 9 inches. 



Circumference of arm just below the elbow, 16 to 18 inches. 



From the withers to the hip .... 

 From the stifle to the point of the 



hock, in the attitude shown in the 



plan ............ 



From the root of tail to stifle-joint . 

 From the point of the hock to the 



ground ........... 



Length of arm from the elbow to the 



pisiform-bone ........ 



From the pisiform-bone to the gronnd 



Inches 

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On comparing these measurements with those of Eclipse, as 

 recorded by St. Bel, it will appear that there is some considerable 

 variation from those of that celebrated horse, which he is said to 

 have measured during life, and to have also checked his dimensions 

 after death. Thus, though Eclipse was very low before, and yet 

 was sixty-six inches high, his head was twenty-two inches long, 

 being the same as the average length of the six horses given by 

 myself, though they are three inches lower at the withers, and at 

 least five inches lower at the croup. Again, though thus shown 

 to be particularly short, it must have been of extraordinary width ; 

 for, according to the same authority, it measured one foot across 

 below the eyes; but, as Mr. Percivall remarks, this must be a 

 mistake for above the eyes. Indeed, I cannot help thinking, in 



