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deeper in the chest than Arabs, which are comparatively 

 small horses. Hence, we may regard the respective 

 proportions between width and depth of chest in this list, 

 as fairly uniform. 



When a horse is narrow between the fore legs by reason 

 of the emaciated condition of his pectoral muscles, " the 

 keel of his breast-bone becomes prominent, the points 

 of the shoulder are pushed forward to the front, and allow 



/•holt) bi/-] [M. H. H. I'lwto /.;/] [M. 11. II. 



Fig. 331. — Broad-breasted Carriage Horse. Fig. 332.— Front view of wellshapcci T.B. 



to be seen, between them and the breast, two deep de- 

 pressions in which the jugular grooves terminate below " 

 {Goubaux and Barrier). These writers point to the fact 

 that narrowness in front may therefore be either natural 

 or acquired. In a cart-horse, a broad breast (Fig. 327) is a 

 desirable point ; for he requires to have massive muscles. 

 Close observation of tho rough -breds convinces me that a 

 race-horse cannot be too " narrow in front ; " provided 



