THE TYPES AND CLASSES OF HORSES 



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Fig. 55. — "A plumb-line dropped from 

 the point o( the buttock." 



front, yet a 10 to 2 re- 

 lationship would, by 

 many, be considered 

 extreme. It is impor- 

 tant that the bone of the 

 hoof be smooth and 

 dense, indicating tough 

 material that will wear 

 well. 



The correct attitude 

 of the hind leg- of the 

 horse at rest is to be 

 seen when a plumb-line 

 dropped from the point 

 of the buttock divides 

 the leg and foot into two 

 lateral halves. Or, when 

 viewed from the side, 

 this same line touches 

 the point of the hock and meets the foot surface a short dis- 

 tance back of the heel. A perpendicular line dropped from 

 the hip joint should meet the foot surface midway between 

 heel and toe. Reference has already been made (page 100) 



to the attitudes 

 known as cow- 

 hocked and bow- 

 legged. "When the 

 horse carries his 

 hind feet forward 

 of the vertical line 

 to a marked de- 

 gree, he is said to 

 be "under him- 

 self." "When this 

 is the natural pose, 

 it shortens the base 



Fig. 56. — "Meets the foot surface a snort „ - 



distance bacis of the heel," 01 Support, and re- 



