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The above diagrams show how the greatest effort of the horse is borne on the leading 



foreleg. Vide figures 6, 61, 7, i and 2. In jumping the chief effort is borne by the 



hind-limbs and hocks. In either case the farther back the weight is put on the hoise, 



the greater is the e.xertion required of him 



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