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Withers should be high, giving a surer and 

 firmer seat, and retaining saddle in place, yet 

 not sharp or prominent enough to become saddle- 

 bruised. 



Back should be broad across the loins, well 

 ribbed up, — back is strongest when straight and 

 short, weakest when long and hollow — should 

 not be too long, yet a certain amount of length 

 with extra strong loin is necessary to enable a 

 horse to get his hind legs sufficiently well under 

 him. 



Hind quarters as a whole should be deep, 

 long, full, and round, the hind legs furnishing 

 the chief power of propulsion. From rear, thighs 

 should be long and well rounded. From hocks 

 to fetlock parallel, and not inclined to "cow- 

 hock." 



While sickle hocks are much decried, yet it 

 is astonishing how many jumpers possess them. 



