352 THE EXTERIOR OF THE HORSE. 



9th. Distance from the summit of the withers to the stifle- 

 joint (co) 1 head and 19 parts. 



10th. Distance from the summit of the croup to the elbow (em) 1 head and 19 parts. 



llth. Length of the neck from the withers to the top of the 



head (ca) 1 head and 11 parts. 



12th. Length of the neck from the top of the head to its inser- 

 tion in the chest (ap) 1 head and 11 parts. 



13th. Width of the neck at its union with the chest (cp) . . . . 1 head. 



14th. Width of the neck in its narrowest part (qr) 12 parts. 



15th. Width of the head taken above the eyes (st) 12 parts. 



16th. Thickness of the body between the middle of the back 



and the middle of the abdomen (uv) 1 head and 4 parts. 



17th. Width of the body 1 head and 4 parts. 



18th. Distance from the top of the croup to the point of the 



buttock (eh) 1 head and 4 parts. 



19th. Distance from the root of the tail to the stifle-joint (ox) . . 1 head and 4 parts. 



20th. Distance from the stifle-joint to the point of the hock (ay) 1 head and 4 parts. 



21st. Distance from the point of the hock to the hoof (yz) ... 1 head and 4 parts. 



22d. Distance from the point of the buttock to the stifle- 

 joint (oh) 20 parts. 



23d. Width of the croup 20 parts. 



24th. Width of the anterior members at the level of the elbow 



(mm') 10 parts. 



25th. Width of the posterior members at the level of the fold 



of the buttock (ww) 10 parts. 



26th. Width of the hock at the level of its fold (yy') 8 parts. 



27th. Width of the head above the nostrils (n'n') 8 parts. 



28th. Distance from the internal angle of one eye to that of 



the other 7 parts. 



29th. Separation of the anterior members 7 parts. 



30th. Width of the anterior face of the knees 5 parts. 



31st. Width of the anterio member above the knee (rO . . . . 5 parts. 



32d. Width of the hocks (anterior face) 5 parts. 



33d. Width of the fetlock (sf) 4 parts. 



34th. Width of the anterior face of the coronet 4 parts. 



35th. Same width, but a little lower 4}^ parts. 



36th. Width of the member in its narrowest part (V) 3 parts. 



3"th. Width of the posterior pastern (anterior face) 2% parts. 



38th. Width of the anterior pastern (o 1 ) 2% parts. 



39th. Width of the anterior canon 2% parts. 



40th Width of the anterior and posterior canons upon their 



anterior face 1% parts. 



Vallon. Vallon 1 also attempted to indicate proportions, but he has not 

 been more successful than the English, especially in what concerns the length 

 of the body, which he considers to be three heads in the saddle-horse, which is 

 incorrect. Here are the measurements which he gives for a horse of 1.60 m. : 



Length of the head 0.60 m. 



Length of the neck (a head and a fifth) 0.72 m. 



Height of the horse from the withers to the ground (two and two-thirds 

 heads) 1.60 m. 



Height of the chest from the withers to the xiphoid region (a head and a 

 quarter) 0.75 m. 



Length of the anterior members from the passage of the girth to the ground 

 (a head and about a third) 0.85 m. 



Height of the posterior quarters from the top of the croup to the ground (a 

 little more than two heads and a half) 1.55 m. 



Length of the body from the point of the shoulder to the point of the but- 

 tock (three heads) 1.80 m. 



i Vallon, Cours d'hippologie, t. i. p. 448. 



