28 NAMES OF EXTERNAL PARTS AND DEFINITIONS. 



explain that this measurement is a somewhat arbitrary one ; 

 but it is, as far as I can see, the best for the purpose. 



Colonel Duhousset, in his book, Le Ckeval, takes the 

 length of a horse as the distance from the point of the shoulder 

 to the point of the buttock. As this is not a horizontal 

 measurement ; I prefer to it the one I have just given. 



The Depth of the Chest at the Withers {a c) is the 



vertical distance from the top of the withers to the bottom 

 of the chest. This measurement, being taken for con- 

 venience sake, is an arbitrary one ; for the chest is lower 

 between the fore legs than behind the elbow, which is the 

 spot I have selected. Besides this, the actual height of the 

 withers above the roof of the chest has no fixed relation to 

 the depth of the chest. 



Depth of the Body {fg). — The best and most uniform 

 point to take this Is. I think, the lowest point of the back. 



Height at the Croup {h i) Is measured from the highest 

 point of the hind quarters. 



