THE HORSE. 



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THE HORSE : 



(Prtte Essay, which obtained, in England, the reward of Fire Ponnds.) 



TERMS COMMONLY MADE DSK OF TO DENOTE THE EXTERNAL PARTS OF THE HORSK. 



1. Muzzle. 



2. Race. 



3. Forehead. 



4. Poll. 



5. Crest. 



6. Withers. 



7. Back. 



8. Loins. 



9. Hip. 

 10. Croup. 



11. Dock. 



12. Quarter. 



13. Thigh, or Gaskin. 



14. Ham-string. 



15. I'oint of the Hock. 



16. Cannon. 



17. Fetlock. 



18. Large Pastern. 



19. Small Pastern. 



20. Hoof. 



21. Coronet. 



22. Ham, or Hock. 

 2.). Stifles. 



24. Sheath. 

 •ir,. Flank. 



26. Girth. 



27. KU)0W. 



28. Heel. 



29. Hoof. 



30. Small Pastern. 



Large Pastern. 



Fetlock. 



Cannon. 



Knee. 



Arm. 



Breast, or Bosom. 



Point of the Shoulder. 



Windpipe. 



Gullet. 



Jowl. 



AN ESSAY ON THE EXTERNAL FORMATION OR STRUCTURE OF THE HORSE, ANU 

 ON THE DISORDERS ORIGINATING THEREIN. 



PIcrique omnes faciunt adoles-centuli 

 Ut animum ad aliquod ptudium adjunaant, aut ad equoa 

 Alere, aut canes ad venandum, aut ad Philo3oi)hos. 



Terence. 



I PURPOSE, in the following' pages, first, to 

 give a succinct, but, I trust, useful and explicit 

 description of the exterior conformatiou — the 

 make and shape of that valuable animal the 

 Home : discriminating die orifrina/fi/ veil 

 formed tit from the cross-shaped, and likely- 

 to-heromediseafcd brute, and the na^ that c^an 

 go With safety and plcasanti-y on the road, or 

 carry si.xteen stone across a heavy country, 

 from the imbecile and ■weakly-constitrUtoned 

 tpidcr ; and, lastly, to show by what ready auid 

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certain modes we may detect unsoundness in 

 the purchase of a prad, and when we are to 

 pronounce that he is perfectly sound. 



The HoKSE, in the estimation of a sportsman, 

 stands preeminent above other quadrupeds, as 

 man does above everj' other animal : not only 

 do matchless beauty a:id ntrongtli of form, coni- 

 tiined with unrivaled speed, distinguish him, 

 but the extensive utility he is of to us. and the 

 share he takes in our diversions and perilous 

 enterprises, serve to inspire us with even a de- 



