TABLE OF CUNTEjNTS. XV 



TABLE OF CONTENTS. 



PAGE. 



Portrait of Author ii 



Diploma, Cincinnati Industrial Exposition v 



]\Iedals and Report on Awards, Centennial Commission vii 



^Medals and Awards, World's Columbian Exposition , viii 



Tennessee Centennial Exposition x 



Introduction to Fourth Edition xi 



Preface to Fourth Edition xiii 



List of Illustrations xxi 



CHAPTER I. 

 The Horse in General. 



Judging the Useful Qualities of Horses 25 



The Ideal Horse 26 



Light Horses 26 



Symmetrical Qualities 27 



Judging Action 28 



(Structural J^xamination , 29 



Muscular Development 29 



Front Limbs 30 



Feet and Legs 31 



The Trunk 81 



Hind Limbs 42 



CHAPTER II. 



Bones of the Horse. 



The Trunk. 33 



The Limbs 33 



The Bones in Detail 34 



The Bones Enumerated 35 



The Skeleton Described 37 



CHAPTER III. 



The Foot and Locomotor y Apparatus. 



The Subject Defined 38 



Motion in General 38 



The Limbs in General 39 



The Foot in General 39 



Bones at the Foot 40 



