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which runs up the back of the leg from the point of 

 the hock. The gaskin (19) is the part of the leg 

 immediately above the hock and bounded at the rear 

 by the hamstring. The term, thigh, is usually applied 

 to the part of the hind leg above the gaskin ; but, 



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Fig. 148. Measurements of horse. 



correctly speaking, it is the part of the hind leg above 

 the stifle. 



The belly, or abdomen (15), is the underneath por- 

 tion of the body of the horse which is not covered by 

 bone. 



The point of the buttock (O) is the rearmost point 

 of the pelvis. 



