INDIVIDUAL MERIT 



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Symmetry. The symmetry of an animal is dependent on 

 the blending of the individual parts, such as the head, neck, 

 shoulders, body, and quarters. In an unsymmetrical animal 

 each of the parts above named and the minor structural 

 details stand out independent of each other. The head, 

 for example, may be large and coarse at the junction with 

 the neck. The shoulders may be abrupt instead of blending 



FIG. 6. French Coach stallion, showing symmetry of form. 



smoothly into the body proper. The coupling may be long 

 and, therefore, make the animal appear long and out of 

 proportion with the other parts. The coupling should not 

 only be short to give strength but to add style, beauty, and 

 symmetry of form. Symmetry involves a construction indi- 

 cating that the parts are made one for the other, instead of 

 having an independent formation. Symmetry of the whole 

 involves a complete harmonious blending of all the parts, 

 thus indicating a unified structure. 



