112 ON THE HORSE IN GENERAL. 



and not too fliort ; loins wide, and the mufcles 

 of the reins, or fillets, full, and fwelling on each 

 fide the back-bone ; the fpace fufficient between 

 the ribs and hip-bones, the bones themfelves 

 round, and the buttocks deep and oval ; the 

 rump level with, or not too much elevated 

 above, the height of the withers ; the croup 

 mud have reafonable fpace, and not fink too 

 fuddenly, in which cafe, the tail would be fet 

 on too low, which ought to be nearly on a 

 level with the back. 



The hinder quarters fhould fpread to a 

 wider extent than the fore-parts, and the hind- 

 feet ftand farther afunder than thofe before ; 

 the thighs mould be ftraight, large, mufcular, 

 and of confiderable length; the hock wide and 

 clean, the fhank not too long, but flat, and of 

 fufficient fubflance, its finew larg-e and diftincr., 

 the fetlocks long ; the hocks fhould form an 

 angle, of fuch extent, as to place the feet im- 

 mediately under the flanks. The fore-arms, 

 like the thighs, fhould be large, mufcular, and 

 of good length, the elbows not turning out- 

 wards ; the knees large and lean ; the fhank, or 

 cannon-bone, flat, ftrong, and not too long ; 

 the tendon large; the fore-arm and fhank, muff 

 form nearly a ftraight line ; fetlock-joints large 

 and clean ; patterns inclining to a certain de- 

 gree, not too long, but large in proportion to 

 their length ; the coronary rings not thick, 



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