STANDING AT ATTENTION. 



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the cannon-bones will be about parallel to each other (see 

 PI. 9). A vertical and longitudinal plane passing through 

 the centre of the knee and fetlock of each leg will cut the 

 centre of the toe. In PI. 10 the toes are turned out, and in 

 PL 1 1 they are turned in. 



T/ie rear view of the horse is shown in PI. 12, in which 

 we can see that the hocks are slightly turned in and the toes 



Fig. 35.— Standing at Attention. 



a trifle turned out. The hind legs here depicted were 

 symmetrically shaped. Although I have devoted much care- 

 ful study to this subject, I can apply no geometrical rules to 

 determine, as some have done, the correct shape of the legs 

 from this point of view. It can, in my opinion, be judged 

 only by the trained eye of the observer — I mean in decidino- 

 whether the hocks are correctly placed, turned In, or turned 

 out. In PL 14 the hocks are, to a marked extent, turned in. 



