CONTENTS 



CHAPTER I. 



FIRST PRINCIPLES OF CONFORMATION. 



PAGE 



Animals of Speed and Animals of Strength— Comparative Conformation 



— Marey's Law *........ 1-4 



CHAPTER 11. 



STRUCTURES OF THE BODY. 



Bones — Caitilage — Muscles and Tendons — Ligaments — Connective 



Tissue — The Nervous System . . . . . • 5"i4 



CHAPTER in. 



NAMES OF EXTERNAL PARTS AND DEFINITIONS. 



Head — Neck — Breast and Chest — Shoulders — Withers — Elbow — Fore 

 Arm — Knee— Cannon — Fetlock — Pastern — Hoof — Back — Loins 

 — Ribs — Flank — Belly — Brisket — Croup — Thigh — Gaskin — Hock 

 — Dock — Height of a Horse — Length of the Body of a Horse — 

 Depth of Chest at Withers — Depth of Body — ^Height at Cioup 15-23 



CHAPTER IV. 



SKETCH OF THE ANATOMY OF THE HORSE* 



Definitions — Bones — Joints and Ligaments — Muscles — Heart and Lungs 



— Nervous System of the Horse ..... 24-36 



CHAPTER V. 

 Mechanism of breathing 37-39 



CHAPTER VL 



distribution of WEIGHT IN THE HORSE'S BODY. 



Comparative Weight borne by the Fore and Hind Limbs— Centre 



of Gravity ......••• 40-41 



