have given voice to various and often divergent opinion? 

 upon the best model of croup, without supporting their 

 preference by any convincing reasons. 



We propose in this second editon to remedy this serious 

 defect, using for the study of the hindquarter the same 

 minutious methods employed for that of the fore hand. 



Perhaps it would have been logical to combine our new 

 study with our first work, thus forming a harmonious 

 and complete whole, but we thought that certain of our 

 demonstrations were a little involved in character, that it 

 was wiser not to tire the reader's attention without re- 

 spite; therefore we found it preferable to include in our 

 second edition the original, just as it had already been 

 presented, and to complete it by a second study. 



To what we theoretically shall expound, we shall add 

 examples drawn from recent racing events and we shall 

 attempt an explanation of the facts. 



Finally, however, summary, and if we may say it, how- 

 ever feeble the criticism has been, we shall devote a 

 chapter to its refutation so as to dissipate in the mind 

 of the reader even the very shadow of a doubt. 



