DEXTEB. 449 



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MEAStTBKMENTS OP Q g ^ f P 



inches inches inches inches inches 



Round the flank, over the loin 65 68 72 74 71 



Elbow to ground 36} 36 37* 36* 35} 



Round the arm at swell 19$ 20$ 22 21 $ 20 



knee 13 12$ 12$ 12} 12* 



cannon midway 8 8$ 9 7} 7$ 



hock 14} 16 16J 16f 15$ 



cannon, hind leg 8$ 8$ 9$ 8$ 8$ 



From po nt of hip to point of hock 40 41 42$ 37 38$ 



" hock to ground 23 25 25 24|- 22 



From po nt of shoulder to point of buttock 62 62 69 65} 64 



Round stifle 39} 39 40 . . 32 



" tibia 17 .. 18 18} 17 



" neck, at the head 31} 29 30 31 30* 



" " "body ... 42$ .. 47 45 53 



" the barrel 71 74 .. .. 78 



from point to point of shoulder 13 15 



" back of knee to the ground 19 



" " " " to middle of pastern 11 



Length of hip 22 



In looking over the tabular statement of their respective 

 measurements, and comparing those of Dexter with the 

 others, no great divergence is manifest. Dexter's head is 

 long, longer than either of the others, although the 

 thoroughbred characteristics are plainly developed. There 

 is no superfluous flesh, and while the tape line shows him 

 to be larger in the swell of the jaws, he is beautifully 

 carved out below the eyes till the muzzle is finer than 

 Eclipse and in the same proportion to the upper part as 

 Doubloon. In considering the neck and its relative pro- 

 portions with the others, the disagreement is reconciled 

 from the fact that they were entire, while the emascula- 

 tion of Dexter would take away from the measurement at 

 its base more than at the setting-; n of the head. At this 

 point he is finer than would be inferred from his being 

 larger than the others, the thickness being in a horizontal 



