CONTENTS. 



CHAPTER I. 



FIRST PRINCIPLES OF CONFORMATION. 



PACK 



Varieties of Conformation — Animals of Speed and Animals of Strength 



— Endurance — Soundness . . . . . . . . i-ii 



CHAPTER n. 



NAMES OF EXTERNAL PARTS. 



Head — Neck — Breast and Chest— Shoulders — Withers — Elbow — Fore 

 Aim — Knee — Shank — Fetlock — Pastern — Hoof — Back — • Loins — 

 Ribs— Flank— Belly— Brisket--Croup— Thigh— Gaskin— Hock — 

 Dock — Height of a Horse — Length of the Body of a Horse — 

 Depth of Chest at Withers — Depth of Body — Height at Croup — 12-21 



CHAPTER HL 



STRUCTURES OF THE BODY. 



Bones — Cartilage — Muscles and Tendons — Ligaments— Connective 



Tissue — The Nervous System ....... 22-34 



CHAPTER l\'. 



.SKETCH OF THE ANATOMY OF THE HORSE. 



Definitions — Bones — ^ Joints and Ligaments — Muscles— Heart and 



Lungs — Nervous System — Teeth 3549 



CHAPTER V. 

 Mechanism of breathing 50-52 



CHAPTER VL 



DISTRIBUTION OF WEIGHT IN THi: HORSe's BODY. 



Comparative Weight borne by the P'ore and Hind Limbs — Centre 



of Gravity. . 53-55 



