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JUDGING HORSES 



ment in this region is indicative of the natural muscular 

 development of an animal, thus making it possible to judge 

 the muscular development as well in high as in low condition. 



Fig. 25. — Right forehoof of horse, ground surface: 1, basal or ground 

 border of wall; 2, laminaB of wall; 3, angle of wall; 4, bar; 5, sole; 5', angle 

 of sole; 6, white line (junction of wall and sole); 7, apex of frog; 8, central 

 sulcus of frog; 9, 9, collateral sulci between frog and bars; 10, 10, bulbs of 

 hoof. (Courtesy of L. W. Sisson, from Anatomy of Domestic Animals.) 



Hocks. — The hocks should be wide, deep, smooth, and 

 strongly supported. The point of the hocks should be 

 prominent. The size should be in proportion to the weight 

 of the horse. The hocks are of fundamental significance in 



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