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level croup, thicker thighs, less proportionate length from 

 hip to hock, and therefore a straighter hind leg, longer, more 

 sloping pasterns, a smaller foot of finer texture, finer bone, 

 and a predisposition to stand over at the knee. The head 

 is. the smallest and best proportioned, with features and 

 lineaments most sharply defined ; the neck long, slender. 



Fig. 80. — A Thoroughbred stallion. 



and especially well cut out at the juncture with the head, 

 which it carries well forward rather than up ; the shoulder 

 longest and most sloping, the withers highest, leanest 

 and most extended. Bay, chestnut and brown with white 

 markings are the most common colors, although black, 

 gray and white were formerly not infrequent and are yet 

 sometimes seen. The way of going of the Thoroughbred 



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