i8 NAMES OF EXTERNAL PARTS AND DEFINITIONS. 



CHAPTER III. 



NAMES OF EXTERNAL PARTS AND DEFINITIONS. 



jjead — Neck — Breast and Chest — Shoulders — Withers — Elbow — Fore-arm 

 — Knee — Cannon — Fetlock — Pastern — 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. 



As the external parts and regions of the body do not, in 

 many cases, admit of very accurate definition, I crave the 

 indulo-ence of my readers in this attempt to mark out their 

 positions and boundaries. I have omitted mention of some 

 parts which, being known to every one, require no expla- 

 nation. The figures and letters employed in the following 

 list have reference to those on Fig. i. 



Head (i). — Looking at the horse in profile, we may 

 recrard the head as being divided from the neck by a line 

 proceeding from the back of the ear, along the rear edge of 

 the lower jaw to its angle. 



The forehead [a) forms the upper part of the face. It 

 extends down to a line joining the inner angle (canthits) of 

 each eye, and reaches as high as the fore-lock and the base of 

 the ears. 



T\v^ fore-lock is a tuft of hair which lies between the ears, 

 and is a continuation of the mane. 



