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The length of the head almost exactly equals: 



1. Depth from the back to the belly, N, O,* the thickness 

 of the body.f 



2. From the summit of the withers to the point of the 

 arm, H, E. 



3. From the superior fold of the stifle to the point of the 

 ham, J', J. 



4. From the point of the ham to the ground, J, K. 



5. From the dorsal angle of the scapula to the point of 

 the haunch, D, D. 



jDt-5o»y5'e^ 



Fig. 107. — Proportions of the Horse (after Colonel 



Duhousset). 



6. From the passage of the girth to the fetlock, M, I, or 

 higher in large horses and racers ; to the middle of the 

 fetlock or lower for small ones and those of medium size. 



7. From the superior fold of the stifle to the summit of 

 the crupper in those specimens whose coxo-femoral angle is 



* Look for the points indicated by these letters on Fig. 107, which is 

 related to the proportions which are here discussed. 



I The proportion previously indicated by Bourgelat (see p. 265, para- 

 graph 3). 



