PROPORTIONS 



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We have already seen that, according to Bourgelat, the 

 length of the head is contained two and a half times in the 

 length of the body, from the point of the arm to the point 

 of the buttock ; and, also, two and a half times in the 

 height measured from the apex of the withers to the 

 ground (see p. 265). We saw afterwards that M. Duhousset, 

 having adopted these proportions, pointed out, further, 

 that the same dimension was again found equally to exist 

 from the summit of the crupper to the ground — a height 



Fig. 112. — Horse of 'which the Length contains more than Two 

 AND A Half Times that of the Head, and of which this 

 Dimension (A, B) exceeds the Height. 



which Bourgelat considered as being of less extent. There 

 results, then, from the latter proportions, which we have just 

 recalled, this interesting fact : that they simplify very much, 

 from the point of view of design, the placing in position o f 

 the horse, on the condition always that this latter be always 

 viewed directly on one of its lateral aspects. 



Indeed, in this case, if we except the neck and the head, the 

 body, inasmuch as its height and its length are equal, may be 

 inscribed in a square, of which one of the sides corresponds 

 to the withers and to the summit of the crupper, two of the 

 other sides to the point of the arm and to that of the buttock 



