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the body (produced by fault}- formation of the angles 

 but also occurring with hunchbacked horses), theu 

 the animal is unsafe as a saddle horse, has not the 

 necessary propelling capability for a harness horse, 

 and will " forge." 



(4) If the fore legs are placed forward and the 

 Lind legs backwtird (produced by bad formation of 

 the angles, but also by considerable swayback), 

 then the animal, whose fore and hind legs seem to 

 act separately, is entirely unfit for saddle use and 

 is only a verj- poor harness horse. 



THE EXAMINATION OF THE HOItSE FROM THE FRONT 

 AND FRO.M BEHIND. 



Thus far, we have examined the horse from the 

 side. Lot us scan it now from the front and from 

 behind. As ditKcult as it is to express in numbers 

 the jn-oportions of a horse's body, so difficult is it to 

 say how broad a horse should be from shoulder point 

 to shoulder ])oint, and from hip to hip. The limits 

 for greater width lie in the growing weight of the 

 rump, and in the disadvantages for the movements, 

 as we will see later on. The limits of the narrow 

 formation are fixed by the insutHcient space for the 

 chest and the vital organs enclosed therein, destined 

 for respiration and circulation, as also by the insuffi- 

 cient width from hip to hip, thereby offering 



