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along both sides of the withers. To increase the severity of the test, the 



man should lean forward, and the examiner must not be satisfied with 



anything less than the introduction of the entire hand. 



Test for The next thing is to ascertain freedom from blade-bone pressure. This 



blade-bone is done by passing the hand beneath the numnah to the play of the 



pressure, shoulder ; if there is pressure it is only with difficulty it can be introduced. 



Assuming the hand can find its way in, the foreleg is advanced by an 



assistant (fig. 34) to its full extent, and this should be possible without 



Fig. 34. 



pinching the fingers of the examiner behind the blade-bone and side 



bar, even with the man leaning forward. If the fingers are pinched the 



blade-bone will also be pinched, and the saddle must be raised by placing 



either a pair of numnah pannels on the side bar or an extra fold of 



blanket. Both blade-bones are, of course, tested. 



Test for The fans are now tested for loin pressure ; with the man leaning back 



^°'" in the saddle, the flat of the hand should find ready admission between 



pressure. ^^^ ^^^^ ^^^ ^^^ numnah. 



