LESSONS IN HORSE JUDGING. 89 



73. — The bottom of the chest at the girth place 

 and between the fore legs is clothed by the very 

 large ' pectoral ' muscles, which in horses used for 

 great speed are very highly developed, so as to 

 give this part a very deep appearance. When 

 these muscles are large and the withers high, the 

 fore part of the trunk is very deep. 



On referring to the horses depicted in Fig. 10, 

 which represents our two extremes — speed and 

 strength — it will be seen that in horses used for 

 speed the chest is very large, and with the large 

 powerful muscles gives the fore hand its massive 

 appearance; while the belly is very small indeed. 

 This gives to the trunk its downwards and for- 

 wards axis, as seen by our line. The draught 

 horse, on the other hand, has, if anything, the 

 chest smaller than the belly, so that there the 

 two cavities are more of a size, hence the almost 

 horizontal axis of the trunk. 



