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hind, which is the same as cutting before ; but 

 the former is not of such consequence as the 

 latter, as it is generally remarked that the fore 

 and hind legs move in the same direction. 

 When dealers purchase a horse whose fetlocks 

 have been injured by cutting, they keep him 

 in the stable till the wounds are healed •, hence 

 those who are unacquainted with the proper 

 form of the animal too frequently become the 

 dupes of artifice. 



Some horses point their toes inwardly; but 

 a greater numbei* turn them out. There is 

 an inconvenience, however, attending those of 

 the former description •, which is, that by 

 twisting one foot over the other, the shoulders 

 roll, and the rider is very much shaken: but 

 there is no apprehension of cutting, unless 

 the chest be too narrow. If this be the case, 

 he is liable, on the extended trot, to give him- 

 self the speedy cut under the knee, and come 

 down. A good horse, however, ought not to 

 be rejected on account of turning his toes in- 

 wards. 



The best standing position of a horse, there- 

 fore, is straight and upright, his toes pointing 

 directly forward j and the reascii is obvious j for 



