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LIVE-STOCK JUDGING 



venience, into the trunk and the extremities. The trunk 

 consists of the spinal column and the ribs. The spinal 

 column is composed of individual segments of bone called 

 vertebrae, which support the head at one end and ter- 



FIG. 6. Points of the horse. 1, muzzle; 2, nostrils; 3, face; 4, eye; 

 5, forehead ; 6, ear ; 7, neck ; 8, crest ; 9, withers ; 10, back ; 11, loin ; 

 12, hip; 13, croup; 14, tail; 15, thigh; 16, quarter; 17, gaskin ; 

 18, hock; 19, stifle; 20, flank; 21, ribs; 22, tendons; 23, fetlock; 

 24, pastern ; 25, foot ; 26, heel ; 27, cannon ; 28, knee ; 29, forearm ; 

 30, chest ; 31, arm ; 32, shoulder ; 33, throttle or throat latch ; A, seat 

 of thoroughpin ; B, curb ; C, bog spavin ; D, bone spavin ; E, splint ; 

 F, wind puff ; G, capped elbow ; H, poll evil. 



minate, with a marked diminution in size, in the tail 

 at the other. Its course may be divided into regions, 

 the cervical or neck, the thoracic or chest, the lumbar or 



