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From this normal or regular standing position, there are devi- 

 ations forward as well as backward. 



Forward Deviations.-" ^todi„^ m fronr or ^^ camped in 

 Jront (]?ig. 43) is that position in which the entire leg from the 

 body to the ground is placed too far forward. Sheep-kneed (Fig. 

 44) IS that position in which the forward deviation is from the 

 knee downward, the knee being placed too far under the body. 

 Weak-jomted,'' " low-jointed," or " acute-angled'' (Fig 45) is that 



Camped in front. 



Sheep-kneed position. 



Acute-angled foot. 



position in which the limbs are perpendicular and straight down 

 as far as the fetlock-joint, but the feet are placed too far in front. 

 Backward Deviations. — Standing under in front (Fig. 46) is 

 that deviation in which the entire leg from the elbow down is 

 placed back of the perpendicular line and, therefore, too far 

 under the body. When this deviation affects only the cannon 

 bone, the horse stands bent forward at the knees, — a condition 

 known as "goat-kneed,'''' "'buck-kneed,'''' '■^over in the knees," or, 

 more commonly, " knee-sprung'" (Fig. 47). When the backward 

 deviation is only from the fetlock down, the animal is said to 



