THE INDIVIDUAL 



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Deviations 

 in the 

 Direction 

 of the 

 Legs of 

 the Horse 



Fore legs 



Viewed from 

 in front 



Viewed from 

 the side 



Hind legs 



Viewed from 

 the rear 



Viewed from 

 the side 



Knees too close — knock 



kneed. 

 Knees too wide apart — 



bow kneed. 

 Fetlocks close, toes wide 



— splay tooted. 

 Toes narrow — pigeon 



toed. 

 Standing over at the 



knees — knee sprung 



or buck kneed. 

 Standing back at the 



knees — calf kneed. 

 Forefeet too far ad- 

 vanced — camped. 

 Forefeet too far back — 



standing under. 

 Steep pasterns. 

 Weak pasterns. 

 Hocks too wide apart — 



bandy legged. 

 Hocks too close together 



— cow hocked. 

 Fetlocks close, toes wide. 

 Toes narrow. 



Hock bent or acute 

 angled, the point of 

 the hock usually being 

 too far back — sickle 

 or saber hocked. 



Hock straight or open 

 angled. 



Steep pasterns. 



Weak pasterns. 



m. Breeding as a factor. — The features of type and 

 conformation which determine the horse's way of going 

 are, in turn, matters of breeding which, in addition, is 

 responsible for the mental factor which governs locomotion 



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