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found that the nearer the general utility horse comes to these 

 measurements, the better he will be. 



INCHES. 

 Height , 63 



Length from shoulder-point to quarter 66 



From the lowest part of the chest to the ground 36 



From the elbow-point to the ground 39 



From the withers to the pole, just behind the ears, in a straii^ht line. . 30 



The same measured along the crest 32 



Length of head , 22 



Width across the forehead 9 1-2 



From the withers to the hip 22 



From the stifle to the point of the hock, in the attitude shown in 



the plan 29 



From the root of the tail to the stifle-joint 26 



From the point of the hock to the ground 22 1-2 



Length of arm from the elbow to the pisiform bone (the rear bone of 



those forming the upper articulation of the knee) 19 1-2 



From the pisiform bone to the ground 19 1-2 



Girth varies from 78 to 79 



Circumference of fore-cannon bone (large metacarpel or shank 



bone, extending from the knee to the fetlock) 



7 1-2, 8, 8, 8, 8 1-2 and 9 



Circumference of arm just below the elbow 16 1-2 to 18 



The foregoing is not to be taken as a fixed rule in comparing 

 ordinary horses, nor even those well-bred. For the hunting 

 field, the fine saddle horse, or any of the uses to which j)ractical 

 men put their horses, aside from flat racing, select as many of the 

 superior points of the horse as described, as you can find, and 

 beware of low withers and high croup. The horse that will 

 come to the standard that we have given in the diagram, is as 

 a rule the horse to buy. 



IV. The Cleveland Bay for Profit. 



Of late years this admirable and stylish horse as improved 

 from the old farm horse of fifty years ago, has attracted attention 

 in the United States, and especially in the West, where many 

 fair specimens have been imported. He often has dashes of 

 white which do not detract from the style of any horse, and 



