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HINTS ON HORSES 



Back View. 



Seen from behind, some horses are very 

 wide between the hips. The hips are 

 "ragged" looking (Fig. 24). These horses 

 generally stand with their feet close together. 



They are often slack in the loins. Some 

 horses are wider through the barrel than 

 between the hips. They generally stand with 

 their feet wide apart, and may generally be 

 counted upon for "good doers '' (Fig. 25). 



The remarks on ring bones, splints, etc., 

 apply equally to the hind leg, but splints are 



much more common on the fore leg than on 

 the hind. In drawing the outlines of the 

 hocks, care must be taken to make them a pair. 

 If there are indications of lumps or bumps on 

 one hock which are not equally apparent on 

 the other hock, then the chances are that the 

 horse is "spavined." If, however, both hocks 

 when looked at from a similar angle are 

 identical in outline, it is possible that the 

 animal if not quite clean may be only what is 

 termed "coarse hocked." If the hocks are 

 close together and the feet separated far apart, 

 the formation is described as "cow-hocked." 



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