18 EXAMINATION OF HORSES 
hunters carrying heavy weights while labouring under 
this, at all times, unfavourable condition ; but when it 
may be looked upon as safe, the neck and shoulders 
are fine,the latter are well back, and the legs thrown 
forward. In not a few of these cases you may learn that 
the horse has been so from the time he was a foal. 
Without signs of broken knees, you will be unable, 
and mostly unwilling, to condemn such as unsound. 
When, however, you find shaky legs, and upright clumsy 
shoulders, with or without a heavy “forehand,” ' and 
without broken knees, you will have little hesitation in 
condemning the horse. 
At our next meeting we will begin to review the second 
stage of the examination. 
