DEPTH OF THE CHEST AT THE WITHERS 



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shoulder to the point of the buttock. As this is not a 

 horizontal measurement, I prefer to it the one I have 

 just given 



The Depth of the Chest at the Withers {a c) is 



the vertical distance from the top of the withers to the 



Fig I r —Measurements of Horse. 



bottom of the chest. This measurement, being taken for 

 convenience sake, is an arbitrary one ; for the chest is 

 lower between the fore legs than behind the elbow, which 

 is the spot I have selected. Besides this, the actual height 

 of the withers above the roof of the chest has no fixed 

 relation to the depth of the chest. 



Depth of the Body (/^).— The best and most uniform 

 point to take this is, I think, the lowest point of the back. 



Height at the Croup {h i) is measured from the 

 highest point of the hmd-quarters. 



