72 THE DIFFERENT BREEDS OF ENGLISH HORSES. 



with considerable trouble, he formed an accurate scale of the proportions 

 of this noble animal. It is as follows : — 



PROPORTIONS OF ECLIPSE. 



Although it is perfectly true, as stated by Mr. Blaine, in his ' Outlines of the Veterinary 

 Art,' that ' for racing, we require that the greatest possible quantity of bone, and muscle, 

 and sinew, should be got into the smallest bulk, and that, in addition to great flexibility 

 and some length, the limbs must be strongly united, the chest deep and capacious, and 

 the hinder extremities furnished with powerful muscles ; for hunting, we must have a 

 similar yet somewhat bulkier hnrse, with powerful loins, and more powerful quarters, and 

 for the hackney, while we undervalue not the strength of the loins and the quarters, we 

 look more to the elevated withers, and the deep and muscidar shoulders, and the straight 

 and well-formed leg ;' yet there is a nearer and a truer proportion between the several 

 parts of these kindred animals than many persons are disjiosed to allow ; and this sketch 

 of them in Eclipse, will not only be interesting, but useful, to the general horseman. 



The length of the head of the horse is supposed to be divided into twenty-two equal 

 parts, which are the common measure for every part of the body. 



Three heads and thirteen parts will give the height of the horse from the foretop to the 

 ground. 



Three heads from the withers to the ground. 



Three heads from the rump to the ground. 



Three heads and three parts the whole length of the body, from the most prominent 

 part of the chest to the extremity of the buttocks. 



Two heads and twenty parts the height of the body, through the middle of the centre 

 of gravity. 



Two heads and seven parts, the height of the highest part of the chest from the ground, 



Two heads and five parts, the height of the perpendicular line which falls from the 

 articulation of the arm with the shoulder, directly to the hoof. 



One head and twenty parts, the height of the perpendicular line which falls from the 

 top of the fore-leg, dividing equally all its parts to the fetlock. 



One head and nineteen parts, the height of the perpendicular line from the elbow to the 

 ground. 



One head and nineteen parts, the distance from the top of the withers to the stifle. 

 The same measure also gives the distance from the top of the rump to the elbow. 



One and a half head, the length of the neck from the withers to the top of the head. 

 The same measure also gives the length of the neck from the top of the head to 

 its insertion into the chest. 



Oi.e head, the width of the neck at its union with the chest. 



Twelve parts of a head, the width of the neck in its narrowest part. 



The same measure gives the breadth of tlie head taken below the eyes. 



One head and four parts, the thickness of the body from the middle of the back to thp 

 middle of the belly. 



The same measure gives the breadth of the body. 



Also the rump from its summit to the extremity of the buttocks. 



Also the distance from the root of the tail to the stifle. 



Also the length from the stifle to the liock. 



Also the height from the extremity of the hoof to the iiock. 



Twenty parts of a head, the distance from the extremity of the buttocks to the stifle. 



Also the breadth of the rump or croup. 



Ten parts of a head, the breadth of the fore-legs from their anterior part to the elbow. 



Ten parts of a head, the breadth of one of the hind-legs taken beneath the fold of the 

 buttocks. 



Eight parts of a head, the breadth of the ham taken from the bend. 



Also the breadth of the head above the nostrils. 



Seven parts of a head, the distance of the eyes from one great angle to the other. 



Also the distance between the fore-legs. 



Five parts of a head, the thickness of the knees. 



Also the breadth of the fore-legs above the knees. 



Also the thickness of the hams. 



Four parts of a head, the breadth of the pastern, or fetlock juiut. 



Also the thickness of the coronet. 



Four and a half parts of the head, the breadth of the coronet. 



Three parts of a head, the thickness of the legs at their narrowest part. 



Also the breadth of the hinder legs or shanks. 



Two and three-quarter parts of a head, the thickness of the hind-pasterns. 



Also the breadth of the shanks of the fore-legs. 



Two and a quarter parts of a head, the thickness of the fore-pasterns. 



Also the breadth of the hind-pasterns. 



One and three-quarter parts of a head, the thickness of the fore and hind shanks. 



