CONTENTS 



Lecture Page 



I. Form and Action (General Observations in regard to) 1 



The Skeleton of the Horse 7 



The Back and Loins 12 



II. TheNeck 17 



The Head 20 



III. The Body 29 



The Chest 29 



The Belly 35 



IV. The Legs 37 



The Fore Legs 41 



The Shoulder 43 



V. The Shoulder (continued) 52 



A Table shewing the relative growths of Horses at certain 



Ages 57 



The Arm 59 



The Knee. 64 



VI. The Fore Leg or Cannon 66 



The Fetlock 71 



VII. TheHindLegs 76 



The Haunch and Thigh 82 



The Stifle 87 



The Thigh or Gaskin 90 



The Hock 92 



VIII. The Proportions of the Horse 94 



The Proportions of Eclipse 100 



IX. Action 107 



The Muscles 107 



Muscular Motion 113 



X. The Act of Standing } 120 



The Acts of Rearing and Kicking 122 



The Act of Leaping 124 



XI. Progression 127 



XII. The Paces '. 137 



The Walk 138 



The Trot 144 



The Gallop 150 



The Canter 157 



The Amble 159 



