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down true and be well car- 

 ried. The hind legs appear 

 heavy for the size of the 

 animal and the joints 

 frequently seem, coarse. 

 Hooper and Anderson 

 state 4 that "the hock 

 should be from 18 to 21 

 inches in circumference, 

 while the gaskin should 

 measure close to 16 inches, 

 and the measurement of 

 rear cannon should ap- 

 proximate 10 inches in cir- 

 cumference. ' ' The hind 

 feet are smaller than the 

 front ones, and somewhat 

 steeper and narrower. The 

 hind legs of the jack are 

 not marked with "chest- 

 nuts/' as in the case of the 

 horse. 



The action of the jack is 

 slow and not impressive. 

 No very great emphasis is 



placed on this feature by most jack breeders. The fact is 

 that action is relatively as important with a jack as with a 

 stallion, and he should be given reasonable consideration 

 as to his trueness of stride and freedom of action. There- 

 fore the judge should study the gait of the jack as he would 

 that of the horse, though not emphasizing its importance in 

 the same degree. 



A description of a show jack is given 5 by Mr. L. M. 

 Monsees, a noted Missouri breeder, in answer to a cor- 

 respondent desiring a description of such an animaL "A 



4 Bulletin 176, Kentucky Ag. Ex. Station. 

 c Breeders' Gazette, March 2, 1910, p. 548. 



Fig. 101. "The hocks are often 

 crooked and tliere is a tendency for 

 them to stand somewhat close to- 

 gether." 



