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and, when walking, be rather upright, in order that 

 the weight of the body in fast galloping may not 

 unduly bend them— it follows that all this length of 

 parts is at the expense of the metacarpal bones, 

 which must be proportionately shorter than in any 

 other class of horse. Indeed the metacarpal 

 bone cannot be too short and stout in the race 

 horse. 



62. — For draught horses the shoulder blade has 

 need of being extremely broad, and placed more up- 

 right, in order to fill the upper half of the collar 

 well when the body is thrown forward. The arm 

 bone must be also short and stout, and at a less 

 angle with the scapula. These conditions will enable 

 the arm to be placed further back, and the fore legs 

 generally to be placed ivell under the body, if pos- 

 sible, a little behind the perpendicular. The re- 

 maining long bones of the limb from the elbow 

 downwards cannot be too short and thick in order 

 that the horse may be on short powerful legs. The 

 fore-arm and the shins thus appear of nearly equal 

 length. 



63. — The third class, of which the hunter is a 

 type, must have a lengthy scapula, of good breadth 

 and set well back. The arm must be in length 

 longer than in the draught horse, but not so long- 

 as in the race horse. It also must be placed at an 

 angle with the shoulder blade greater than the cart 

 horse, but less than in the race horse. The fore- 

 arm must be of medium length, also the shin. 



64. — The knee in all classes must be very large, 



