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THE HOKSE. 



These beiug the anatomical points of the horse, as demon- 

 strated by the skeleton, I proceed to give what may be called 

 the horseman's points, which I designate on an outline sketch 

 of that fine English race-horse Elis, by Langar, out of Olivia, 

 by Sir Oliver. 



The muzzle. 



The face. 



The forehead. 



The jowl. 



The poll. 



The crest. 



The withers. 



The windpipe or thrapple. 



The back. 



The point of the shoulder. 



The breast or chest. 



The fore-arm ; vulgo, arm. 



The knee. 



The cannon bones. 



The fetlocks. 



The small pasterns. 



The large pasterns. 



The hoofs. 



The heels. 



The elbow. 



u The girth. 

 V The flank. 

 w The sheath, 

 so The scrotum. 

 y The hocks, 

 s The coronets. 

 A The hip. 

 £ The croup or rump. 

 C The dock. 

 D The quarter. 

 JE The thigh. 

 F The hamstring. 

 G The point of the hock. 

 // The loins. 

 / The gullet. 

 J The shoulder. 

 K The arm (proper). 

 L The barrel (the ribs). 

 J/ The stifli'. 



