CONTENTS. 



CHAPTER I. 



FIRST PRINCIPLES OF CONFORMATION. 



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Animals of Speed and Animals of Strength — Comparative Conformation 



— Marey's Law ...... . . 1-5 



CHAPTER II. 



STRUCTURES OF THE BODY. 



Bones — • Cartilage — Muscles and Tendons — Ligaments — Connective 



Tissue — Nervous System ....... 6-17 



CHAPTER in. 



NAMES OF EXTERNAL PARTS AND DEFINITIONS. 



Head— Neck— Breast and Chest— Shoulders— Withers— Elbow— Fore- 

 arm — Knee — Cannon — Fetlock — Pastern-r-Hoof — Back — Loins- 

 Ribs — Flank— Belly— Brisket— Croup— Thigh— Gaskin— Hock- 

 Dock — Height of a Horse— Length of the Body of a Horse — Depth 

 of Chest at Withers — Depth of Body — Height at Croup . 18-28 



CHAPTER IV. 



SKETCH OF THE ANATOMY OF THE HORSE. 



Definitions — Bones — Joints and Ligaments — Muscles — Heart and Lungs 



— Nervous System of the Horse ..... 29-44 



CHAPTER V. 

 Mechanism of breathing ....... 45-48 



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