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THE HORSE. 



the horse is said to be camped (c, fig. t>7) ', thence results 

 great fatigue of the articulations and an abatement of the 

 gait. If, on the contrary, the intersection of this line with 

 the ground leaves the toe considerably behind, the horse 

 is under itself (6, fig. 37), and is predisposed to be unsub- 

 stantial in its fore-part, a considerable drawback for a 

 saddle horse, but none whatever for a draught horse. 



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Fig. 37- 



The inclination of the members has been intentionally 

 exaggerated in the drawing (fig. 37). 



If the vertical of the forearm, which should divide 

 the knee into two equal portions, passes near the uniciform 

 bone, that is to say, if it leaves the knee in front, the 

 animal is bowlegged or crooklegged (d, fig. 37). The 

 former is a natural defect, the latter from wear and tear. 

 When this same vertical touches the heel, the horse is 

 straight-jointed, and short-jointed (fig. 37) i$ the pastern 

 be short ; the reactions are hard. It is low-jointed when 

 the prolongated line of the pastern makes a very acute 

 angle with the ground, and the fetlock, approaching the 

 earth, appears to push the foot forward. In this case the 

 animal is usually long-jointed, which signifies that the 

 pastern is long and the reactions gentle, yet that the 

 tendons are much fatigued. 



When the knee is too much to the rear or too near the 



