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vertical, and so to say driven inwards, it is termed hollow- 

 kneed, effaced (e, fig. 2>7)- 



The posterior member, seen in profile, should touch 

 with the point of the hock, the vertical tangent of the 

 point of the buttock. This continues to elongate the 

 tendon to the fetlock. 



If the direction of the canon, with reference to this 

 line, be oblique in front, the horse is tinder itself {b, B') ; 

 if the obliquity makes itself visible in the rear, it is camped 

 (c, O). 



When the horse is full front the vertical which touches 

 the point of the shoulder, on arriving at the toe, should 

 divide the foot into two equal portions, likewise the 

 fetlock, pastern and knee. If this straight line leave the 

 knee within, the animal is closed in front (fig. 38), and 

 the feet are near together, the equilibrium is unstable ; 

 this facilitates quick gaits of brief duration. 



If the knees exceed the vertical, the horse is too open 

 in front (fig. 3S). This arrangement is favourable for a 

 draught horse with a solid base and a tufted chest. 



When, from the knee alone, the canons and feet turn 

 outwards it is called crook-legged (fig. 39) ; if inwards 

 parrot-toed (fig. 39), because the toes are near one 

 another. 



Aplomb 



Sevre 



Fig. 38. 



L. aree 



The 



bow-legged 



hoi 



>rse (fig. 39) is one the fore 

 members of which deviate from the vertical by bending 

 with the knee outside the line which divides the foot in 

 two ; if the knees make the opposite curve, it is ox- 

 kneed. 



When the posterior limbs are seen from behind, the 



