SOUND AND UNSOUND HORSES 



Angularity of the croup indicates 

 powerful leverage. 



Both the croup and haunches ought 

 to be free from blemishes and muscular 

 atrophy. An atrophic condition in 

 this region is not uncommon after 

 azoturia. 



THE CAUDAL APPENDAGE. 



The tail should be well '' set on " and 

 nicely carried. If the anmial has a 

 croup too oblique, the tail will be badly 

 carried. 



The so-called " rat tail " is one having 

 a few straggling hairs upon it, usually 

 exposing the stump. As a rule, rat 

 tailed horses are good ones. 



It has been stated that the resistance 

 offered, during the forcible elevation of 

 the tail, is a measure of the animal's 

 vigour. 



A cryptorchid is one in which the 

 testicle, or testes, have failed to appear 



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