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i.e., a horse not in condition. When this is so, 

 they must see to the relative length and hulk of 

 the levers (bones) being what is desirable, also 

 that the joints are large and flat, and of course 

 an absence of blemishes. If the bones of the ex- 

 tremities are of proper length and stoutness, then 

 — except of course in disease — the muscles will 

 either be in good condition, or will be capable of 

 being made so, and they will be massive and pre- 

 sent bold, beautiful curved outlines. 



The ilio-ischium should be broad so as to pre- 

 sent abundant surface for muscular attachment. 

 If the T shaped upper surface looks upwards 

 from the quarters being ^ragged' from point 1 

 (Fig. 11), being on a level with point 2, then the 

 body of muscles occupying this space will present 

 a curve with a convexity looking directly up- 

 wards (see Fig. 12). But should point 1 be much 

 lower, the convexity of the curve looks outwards 

 and upwards (see Fig. 13), and the curve formed 

 — as seen when standing behind — in the latter 

 case between point 1 and the stifle joint will be 

 less broken, and therefore the more elegant. The 

 depth of the thigh is well seen from behind, but 

 it appears deeper, if not really so, in such as have 

 straight quarters, for reasons we have before 

 seen. There is just one other obliquity of the in- 

 nominate bone which we have as yet not men- 

 tioned. It obtains between the two symmetrical 

 halves of the innominate bone — in other words, 

 between the two ilio-ischia bones. When these 

 bones are much divergent in front and their 

 after points converge, a very defective ^setting 



