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HORSE SENSE. 



Numbers 2 and 9 show the knees, hocks and ankles too close together. 

 Numbers 3 and 10 show the legs nearer in line, but twisted, — toeing out 

 behind and in front. Numbers 6 and 13 show that the feet are too wide 

 apart, and the horse, of necessity, must be a sprawling mover. In num- 

 bers 7 and 14 the knees and hocks are bent outwardly and the feet in- 

 ward. All these conditions, except numbers i and 8, are to be avoided 

 where improvement in breeding is aimed at, and the less of any of these 

 deviations from the right and true formation the better for usefulness of 

 the animal. 



In other words, any deviation from the best form is to be regarded 

 with suspicion, and, to be fully comprehended, the following illustrations 

 will serve as object lessons, in the comparison of mares and stallions, 

 with a view of mating for improvement. 



THE FEET AND LEGS OF THE HORSE CONSTITUTE THE 

 RUNNING GEAR. 



As the feet and legs of our horses constitute their "running gear," 

 their means of locomotion, we will first take a look at the front legs, 

 in which cut No. 2 shows five sets of legs; only one set of which should 

 be regarded as of good form. 



Pig. 1. Fig. 2. Fig. 3. Fig. 1 Fig. 5. 



Cut No. 2. 

 LEGS OF HORSES Sll.'iW IXG RIGHT AND WRONG. 

 Fig. I (one the left side) drop true from the body, knees and toes 



