SHAPE. 



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quarters come down together before they split apart 

 the better. 



There is a fourth view of a horse which is rarely 

 taken, but which I consider quite as important as 

 the other three, and that is the view obtained by 



Fig. 2. 



looking down on them from above ; that view, in fact, 

 which you have of the wheelers of a coach when you 

 are sitting on the box. Looking at them thus, the 

 horse's body should be the same shape as a hen's 

 egg, with the broad end towards the tail. The back 



