72 LESSONS IN HORSE JUDGING. 



paring 1 and 2 it will be seen that 1 looks upwards 

 and forwards, but that 2 looks forwards only. 

 There is just one other point we noust be clear 

 upon, and that is the relation of the long axis of 

 the fore limb to the long axis of the body. Let us 

 agree in regarding the long axis of the fore limb at 

 the normal when the horse is standing straight on 

 both fore limbs which must be perpendicular when 

 on level ground. It will now be seen that the long 

 axis of the fore limb is not necessarily at right 

 angles with the long axis of the body. We have 

 divided horses into three classes, and adhering to 

 this division we find on referring to Fig. 10, that 

 the angle formed by the long axes before referred 

 to in the two fleet horses ' Fisherman' and ' Saun- 

 terer' are greater than a right angle, thus enabling 

 the horse to ' cover more ground,' as horsemen 

 term it. But on reference to the diagram of the 

 Clydesdale horse, it will be seen that the two axes 

 are at right angles. I have chosen the three from 

 that most excellent work on the horse by Mr. 

 Walsh (Stonehenge). In the greatest speed the 

 long axes of the body is of necessity tilted down- 

 wards and forwards. In the heaviest draught the 

 weight has to be thrown forwards into the collar, 

 and the long axis of the body also thrown slightly 

 downwards and forwards ; but very much less so 

 than in the former case. Where high ' park' action 

 takes place, the long axis of the body must be up- 

 wards and forwards. These things being so, it 

 follows that for either speed or action, or both, the 



