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Loco notion, racking, 626 

 rearing, 640 



speed, 649. See also Speed 

 step and stride, 618 

 stumbling, 623, 625, 626 

 trot, 623 



endurance, 650 

 pace, 624, 650 

 stride, 624, 650 

 walk, 620. See also Trot 

 pace, 620, 650 

 stride, 623, 650 

 Locomotor system, 584 



attitude. See Muscle, pos- 

 ture 

 factors essentia] to, 589 

 lying down, 602 

 rising, 602 

 standing, 601 



stress of, 614 

 ' brushing,' 605 

 concussion reduced, 615 

 draught. See Draught 

 endurance trials, 650 

 equilibrium, 483, 484, 507 

 extension. See Muscular 



contraction 

 flexion. See Muscular con- 

 traction 

 gravity, centre of, 602 

 impact, strain of, 615, 616 

 joint-locking, 596, 609, 616 

 reciprocating action, 

 601 

 joints. See Joints 

 lameness and function, 

 614. See also Lameness 

 levers, 589 



ligaments. See Ligaments 

 ligamentum nuchae, 607, 



746 

 limb combinations, 619 

 limbs, fore, suffer most, 615 

 movements, pendular, 



584 

 move faster than 



horse, 619 

 longer on ground than 



off, 622 

 muscles, 585, 590, 603. 



See also Muscles and 



Muscular contrac- 

 tion 

 antagonism of, 391, 



456, 585. 586, 587, 



59i 

 breaking strain, 588 

 co-operation, 587, 588, 



590, 59i 

 elasticity of, 401, 615 

 function of, 589 



Locomotor system, muscles may 

 contract from either 

 end, 587 

 muscles producing atti- 

 tude, 589, 596 

 provision against fat- 

 igue, 391, 592 

 rupture of, 588, 592, 



615 

 strain, effect on ten- 

 don, 592 

 uniting limb to trunk, 

 590 

 pace which kills, 650 

 propulsion, strain of, 615 

 ' speedy cutting,' 605 

 stamina and body height, 



650 

 tendo - ligaments. See 



Ligaments 

 tendons, 588 



elasticity of, 588, 593, 



607, 615 

 extensor, 591, 596, 615 

 not sprained, 615 

 flexor, 593, 596 



division of, 608 

 sprain of, 593, 

 615, 616 

 See also Tendons 

 weight on the limbs, 601 

 back muscles must be 

 conditioned, 636, 

 649 

 backs weaken with 

 increase in body 

 height, 648 

 carried by horses, 649 

 by men, 649 

 by ponies, 648 

 carrying, and muscles 

 of back, 645, 648, 

 649 

 effective, a horse can 



carry, 649 

 vehicles of, 647 

 work, amount to be ex- 

 pected from 

 horses, 642, 644 

 in the past, 641, 

 649 

 back muscles, condi- 

 tion of, for, 636, 645, 

 646, 648, 649 

 comparison between 

 man and horse, 646, 

 746 

 ' condition,' 142, 413, 



4i5 

 draught, theory of ,646. 

 See also Draught 



