ELEMENTS OF HIPPOLOGY. 



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When viewed from the front or side, the knee should be 

 broad; wedge-shaped, when viewed from the rear. 



The leg below the knee 

 should not become rapid 

 ly smaller, but should ta- 

 per gradually towards 

 the upper pastern-joint. 

 When it is decidedly 

 smaller just below the 

 knee, the horse is said 

 to be tied in below the 

 knee. 



Horses that are knee- 

 tied usually owe that de- 

 fect to a small trapezium. 

 This makes them defici- 

 ent in power where it is 

 very necessary. 



Any wound or injury 

 to the knee caused by a 

 horse falling on his knees 

 is called a broken knee, 

 whether the skin is merely 

 broken, or the bones shat- 

 tered (Figure 60). It is 

 as living motive-power 

 that a horse is valuable. 



Anything that brings 

 To illustrate the position of the splint- • ,. ,, ,. , ...^ 



bone. A, with reference to the bones of the ^^ question the reliability 

 knee, the cannon-bone, B, and the tendons of the columns through 



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erted — his legs — or the pilot that governs the direction of its 

 application — his sight — is of the highest importance to investi- 

 gate. For that reason it is important to know whether or not 



Figure 59. 



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