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will be high or low according to the angle formed 

 by the body with the scapula or the limbos most 

 fixed part. By further comparing 1 and 2 it will 

 be seen that 1 looks upwards and forwards, but 

 that 2 looks forwards only. There is just one 

 other point we must be clear upon, and that is 

 the relation of the long axis of the fore Hmb to 

 the long axis of the body. Let us agree in re- 

 garding the long axis of the fore limb at the nor- 

 mal when the horse is standing straight on both 

 fore hmbs, which must be perpendicular when on 



level ground. It will now be seen that the long 

 axis of the fore limb is not necessarily at right 

 angles with the long axis of the body. We have 

 divided horses into three classes, and adhering to 

 this division we find on referring to Fig. 10, that 

 the angle formed by the long axes before referred 

 to in the two fleet horses, 'Fisherman' and 

 'Saunterer,' are greater than a right angle, thus 

 enabling the horse to 'cover more ground,' as 

 horsemen term it. But on reference to the dia- 



