390 THE EXTERIOR OF THE HORSE. 



2 have the same total length ; they differ only in the dimensions of 

 the back and loins ; in the first, they are long, mn ; in the second, they 

 are in good condition, op. In the latter the total length, AD, depends, 



FIG 142. 



without contradiction, upon the position of AB and CD, regions which 

 without a longer interval between them, are more separated at their 

 extremes by becoming more horizontal, therefore covering a larger 

 extent of the body, and acquiring more favorable dimensions and 

 inclinations. Here the separation of the points A and D is not then 

 due, as in subject No. 1, to an excess in the length of the dorsu-lumbar 



