28o THE ARTISTIC ANATOMY OF ANIMALS 



the fourth being represented by the ground. This is simple, 

 but this simplicity even has its inconveniences. 



It follows that this proportion, thus expressed, seems 

 to exclude from every artistic representation certain cate- 

 gories of horses, which upon the whole might be regarded 

 as beautiful, and the existence of which in any case it would 

 be a pity not to indicate. 



Let us examine at the outset that which is relative to the 

 length of the body, equal to two and a half times the length 

 of the head. This proportion is sometimes met with, and 

 therefore may be considered exact ; but it is necessary to 



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Fig. 113. — 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. 



add that its existence is not discoverable in the majority 

 of cases. That for some authors it constitutes a perfect 

 model we wiU not gainsay, but it is our impression that, 

 when it exists, the head appears a little large, or, more 

 exactly, the body a little short. 



Without attaining exactly to three times the length of the 

 head, as some authors (Saint-Bel, VaUon) have announced, 

 the body of the horse, nevertheless, measured as is stated 

 above, frequently contains it more than two and a half times. 

 We give in support of this some outline reproductions, exe- 

 cuted after photographs (Figs. 112, 113, 114). 



