22 NAMES OF EXTERNAL PARTS AND DEFINITIONS, 



The Hock (20) is placed between the gaskin and the 

 hind cannon-bone, from which we may separate it by a 

 line drawn across this bone at the point at which its head 

 begins to enlarge in order to form a jomt with the lower 

 bones of the hock. 



The poznt of the hock {q) is the bony projection at the 

 back and top of the hock. 



The parts of the hind leg below the hock are similarly 

 named to those of the fore leg below the knee. 



The Dock {r) is the solid part of the tail 



N.B. — The following definitions have reference to 

 Fig. II : — 



The Height of a Horse (a b) is the vertical distance 

 of the highest pomt of his withers from the ground, when 

 he is standing with his fore legs nearly vertical and with 

 the pomts of his hocks in a vertical line with the points 

 of his buttocks I have qualified ^Wertical" with '* nearly" 

 when referring to the fore legs , for when the hind legs 

 are placed as in Fig. 11, the weight of the head and 

 neck, which are in front of the fore legs, would cause the 

 animal to stand somewhat *'over." I may mention that 

 this figure was drawn from a photograph of a well-shaped 

 race-horse, Tristan, who was standmg, if I may use the 

 expression, '' at attention." When a pony is being measured 

 for racing, his legs should be placed in the position I 

 have described. 



The Length of the Body of a Horse {d e) is the 



horizontal distance from the front of the chest to a line 

 dropped vertically from the point of the buttock. I must 

 explain that this measurement is a somewhat arbitrary one ; 

 but It is, as far as I can see, the best for the purpose 



Colonel Duhousset, in his book, Le Cheval, takes the 

 length of a horse as the distance from the point of the 



