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PROPORTIONS OF THE HORSE. 



(4) Length of head = distance of " swell " of muscle at posterior angle of 



shoulder-blade, to point of hip {s t). 



(5) Distance {k p) of top of head to corner of mouth = distance from 



point of hip to point of buttock (/ u). 



(6) Width of head {m n) = i length of head {k t). 



Fig. 204. — Proportions of Horse. 

 {Drawn from a photograph^ 



That careful observer, Colonel Duhousset, states that :-— 



(7) Length of head = distance of point of shoulder to top of withers. 



As this proportion must necessarily vary according to 

 the length and position of the shoulder-blade and humerus, 

 1 refrain from applying it to all classes. 



