30 THE HORSE. 



the radius (40 centimeters), and from the very visible 

 tuberosity of the knee to the end of the foot (48 cen- 

 timeters), that is to say the small bones, the canon and the 

 pastern, as well as the superior portion of the hoof as far 

 as the toe, the continuation being made in a straight line 

 (see fig. 15). _ 



After which, causing the extension of the neck and 

 head, I measured from the insertion of the first in the 

 chest as far as the jaw (58 centimeters), from this to the 

 end of the nose (45 centimeters), adding for the neck and 

 head 56 c + 45 c = 101. 



Is 



101 ^\\ / , > 



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Fig. 15. 



Elsewhere, for the anterior member, 40 -f 48 = 88 : 

 the end of the nose therefore exceeded by 13 centimeters 

 the end of the foot, the point of the elbow, drawn to the 

 fore, being found to be upon the vertical of the anterior 

 extremity of the sternum (o). 



The stature of the animal, its height 1 m. 53 cent. 



Its length 1 m. 56 „ 



Length of head 60 „ 



Length of anterior member from 



the elbow to the ground 90 ,, 



Length from the ground to the 



sternum S^ ,, 



I would remind the reader that the mare was fully 

 developed and had been often leaped and hunted. 



It is unnecessary to remark that the end of the nose 

 is a very important detail in a race, because of the advan- 

 tage offered by this valuable index for the decision of 



