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LIVE- STOCK JUDGING 



FIG. 40. Sagittal section of distal part of 

 limb of horse. 1, large metacarpal (fore 

 cannon) bone ; 3, fetlock joint ; 4, proximal 

 sesamoid bone ; 5, first phalanx ; 6, pastern 

 joint; 7, second phalanx; 8, coffin joint; 

 9, third phalanx ; 10, distal sesamoid (navic- 

 ular bone) ; 12, suspensory ligament ; 14, 

 deep flexor tendon ; 15, superficial flexor 

 tendon ; 16, posterior annular ligament of 

 fetlock ; 20, inferior sesamoidean ligaments ; 

 21, extensor tendon; 24, plantar cushion; 

 25, periople; 28, wall of hoof; 29, sole of 

 hoof; A, navicular bursa, proximal part. 

 (After Ellenberger-Baum, Anat. fur Kiinst- 

 ler.) 



not simply to be 

 something, as in the 

 case of the meat 

 producing animals, 

 nor yet as in the case 

 of the dairy cow, 

 which yields her 

 body products, day 

 by day, rather than 

 accumulating them 

 in a carcass, but to 

 do various and often- 

 times very complex 

 things. The func- 

 tional possibilities of 

 the horse, as in the 

 case of any other 

 animal, can best be 

 ascertained by study 

 of the mechanical 

 structure upon which 

 these functions de- 

 pend. 



87. The structure 

 analogous with that 

 of man. The struc- 

 ture of the horse so 

 far as bones, joints 

 and muscles are con- 

 cerned is, with a 

 few minor excep- 

 tions, very closely 

 analogous to the 



