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THE HORSE. 



exactly in its length, from the back to the stomach 

 (N,0), at a tangent and with the thickness of the body : 

 from the summit of the withers to the point of the arm 

 (H,E) ; from the superior fold of the stifle to the point 

 of the hock (J', J) ; from this to the ground (J,K) ; from 

 the superior extremity of the scapulum of the rib of the 

 dorsal angle to the point of the haunch (D', D). 



Fig. 35. 



From the sternum to the fetlock (M, I) ; above this 

 for great horses and racers ; in the middle and below for 

 small and ordinary horses. 



Two and a half times the head for the height of the 

 withers (H) from the ground : from the summit of the 

 croup to the ground : very frequently also from the 

 point of the arm to that of the buttock (E, F) (length of 

 horse), although for a long time past the type of Bour- 

 gelat has been regarded as a conventional model, short 

 and massive. The drawing presented, which is i\ heads 

 in height and length, is that of a horse often found. 



The croup, from the point of the haunch to that of the 

 buttock (D, F), is always shorter than the head ; this 

 varies from 5 to 10 centimeters. The breadth of the 

 croup from one haunch to another often does not much 

 exceed its length. 



