proportions and mechanics of the horse 2/ 

 Student's Card for the Proportions of the Horse. 



Inches 



Inches 



Height at withers 



Height to highest point of croup 



Height of crest of head from ground 



Length from point of shoulder to quarter 



From, lowest point of chest to the ground 



From the point of elbow to the ground 



Prom the point of elbow to knee 



From knee to ground 



Circumference of the arm 



Circumference of cannon in center 



Circumference of foot at coronet 



Length of head 



Width of forehead 



From angle of lower jaw to forehead above eye.. 



From throat to superior border of neck 



Circumference of muzzle at angle of mouth 



Width of chest from outside of shoulder points.. 



Top of shoulder to hip 



Width across hips 



Length of croup 



From center of dock to point of stifle 



From point of hock to point of hip 



From point of hock to ground 



Circumference of thigh 



Circumference of shank in the center 



Circumference of body at the girth 



Measurements o£ horse. — Accurate measurements are 

 extremely difficult to obtain : First, because the horse is 

 continually shifting his position, which alters the meas- 



