THE HUNTER AND STEEPLECHASER. 



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broad and muscular ; and his neck was so very light that 

 there was a marked depression between it and his shoulders 

 (p. 269). His shoulder-blades were particularly long ; 

 although they are not very well sloped. His shoulders, 

 though muscular, had no superfluous weight about them, 

 as I saw by the fact that there was no undue develop- 



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Fig. 434. — Irisli hvmter. 



[A. HAVES. 



ment of the " saddle muscle " (p. 270), and that his fore 

 legs were not too far apart (pp. 247 and 248). His withers 

 were high and tWn. His fore-arms were remarkably 

 powerful. The muscles of his limbs showed great develop- 

 ment in comparison to the weight of his body, neck and 

 head. His barrel was round (p. 234). He had great 

 power of straightening his hocks, just below which the 



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