LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS 



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The American Standardbred Horse Frontispiece 



Saving human time. Plowing the soil 2 



Saving human time. Fitting the soil 3 



Three generations of the reaper 4 



A six-horse team delivering coal 5 



A well-equipped judging pavilion 8 



Light active type 14 



Heavy draft type 15 



Good action 18 



Front view, correct position 19 



Rear view, correct position 19 



Position of front legs 21 



Position of hind legs 23 



Measuring the head 38 



A study in proportions 29 



A study in articular angles 31 



A study in mechanics of the horse 33 



Skeleton of the horse 35 



Muscles of the horse 36 



Circulatory system 38 



Respiratory system 39 



Digestive system 40 



Nervous system 43 



Poll evil - 44 



Fistula withers 44 



Collar boil 45 



Buck knees 45 



Sidebone and cracked hoofs 46 



Ringbone 46 



Weak and sickle-shaped hocks 47 



Sound and unsound hocks 47 



Sound hock, showing tendons 48 



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