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THE EXTERIOR OF THE HORSE. 



posterior members is about equal ; the excess of the height at the withers over 

 that at the croup results most usually from the projection of the spinal apophyses 

 above the scapular cartilages. 



Fig. 132. 



Fig. 133. 



This being admitted, let us represent (Fig. 132) the anterior member of a 

 horse of medium height with the oblique long segments inclined 45 degrees to 



