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narrow position is the toe-narrow or yigeon-toed position (Fig. 

 47). In some instances the legs are straight and perpendicular 

 do^^^l to the fetlock, while from there to the ground the phal- 

 anges incline obliquely inward. Another form is the Jcnee-wide 

 or bandy-legged position, in which the knees are placed too far 



Fig. 48. 



Fig. 49. 



Normal (regular) fore-limb in profile. 



Normal (regular hind limb in profile. 



apart, while the cannons and phalanges incline downward and 

 inward. 



The position of a fore-limb viewed in profile is regular 

 or normal (Fig. 48) when a perpendicular line dropped from 

 the tuberosity of the acromian spine (point of union of the 

 upper and middle thirds of the scapula or shoulder blade) 



