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ASIATIC AND NORTH AFRICAN HORSES. 



training. The fact of his being longer in the body than 

 he is high at the withers or at the croup, points to 

 deficiency of speed. 



Fig. 601 shows us a typical Kathiawar mare. She 

 is a " three-cornered " animal ; but, having been brought 

 up among rough surroundings, is capable of enduring 

 much privation and hard work, though necessarily 

 slow, on account of her body being much longer than 



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Fig. 601. — Kathiawar maie (i4-3)- 



she is high at withers or croup. Her body is also very 

 long compared to its depth. She is " calf-kneed," 

 " sickle-hocked," and slightly tied-in below the hocks. 

 As compensations, her shoulders are fairly well shaped ; 

 her fore-arms and gaskins are strong ; and her " bone 

 below the knees is good. 



Under the present heading we may put Cabuli (Fig. 

 903), Baluchi, and other Trans-Indus horses, which are 

 largely used in India, and which, though stouter and 



