FOXES FOXHOUNDS & FOX-HUNTING 



fencing. In order to jump properly, a hound 

 must get his hind-legs well under his body, and 

 here is where the short-coupled hound scores 

 over his long-waisted relation. 



The chief bones of the hind-quarters are those 

 forming the pelvis, the femur, tibia, and metatar- 

 sal or pastern bones. On the length of the latter 



— 8 



— 9 



I, 2, & 3. Pei^vis. 



4. Femur. 



5. Patbi,i,a. 



6. Fibula. 



7. Tibia. 



8. Os CAtCIS, OR 



Point of the 

 Hock. 



9. metatarsal, or 

 Pastern Bones 



lo. Bones of the 

 Foot. 



depends the height from the point of the hock to 

 the ground. The hind pasterns are always 

 longer than the front ones. The pelvis forms a 

 fixed pomt for the vertebrae, as well as for the 

 leverage power of the hind legs. Any deviation 

 from a straight line between the Os calcis or point 



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