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CoAJriJiK 111. 



NAMES OF EXTERNAL PARTS AND DEFINITIONS. 



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

 — Knee — Cannon — Fetlock — Pastern — Hoof—Back — Loins — R.ibs — 

 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 Croup. 



As the external parts and regions of the body do not, in 

 many cases, admit of very accurate definition, I crave the 

 indulgence of my readers in this attempt to mark out their 

 positions and boundaries. I have omitted mention of some 

 parts which, being known to every one, require no expla- 

 nation. The figures and letters employed in the following 

 list have reference to those on Fig. lo. 



Head (i). — Looking at the horse in profile, we may 

 regard the head as being divided from the neck by a line 

 proceeding from the back of the ear, along the rear edge of 

 the lower jaw to its angle. 



The forehead (a) forms the upper part of the face. It 

 extends down to a line joining the inner angle {canthus) of 

 each eye, and reaches as high as the fore-lock and the base 

 of the ears. 



The fore-lock is a tuft of hair which lies between the ears, 

 and is a continuation of the mane. 



The temples are those portions of the head, on each side 

 of the forehead, which He between the ear and eye. 



The nose (5) is a continuation of the forehead, and ends 

 opposite the nostrils at the angle (c) formed by the line of 

 the face and the line of the muzzle. 



