PROPORTIONS OF THE VARIOUS POINTS 



15 



PROPORTIONS OF THE VARIOUS POINTS 



THE PROPORTIOXS of the component parts of the horse, as I have already 

 remarked, vary a good deal in the different breeds. The following, 

 however, may be taken as the most perfect ; but they refer especially to 

 the racer, hunter, and hack, as well as to the lighter and more blood-like 

 harness horses, arid must not be strictly applied to the draught-horse in 

 any of his varieties : 



inches. 



Height at withers and croup .... 63 

 Length from shoulder-point to quarter. 66 

 From the lowest part of chest to the 



ground 36 



From tha 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 

 Circumference of arm just below the 



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 ground . 



\, 8, 8, 8, 8, and 9 inches, 

 elbow, 16 to 18 inches. 



inches. 

 22 



28 

 26 



This scale is drawn in inches, and, in the outline, the horse is supposed 

 to bo 15 hands 3 inches, or sixty-three inches high. The measurements 

 are the average of those carefully taken from six horses considered to be 

 of perfect symmetery. Two of these were celebrated stallions, two thorough- 

 bred hunters, and two chargers of great value. 



On comparing these measurements with those of Eclipse, as recorded 



