STANDING AT ATTENTION 



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posterior edge of his hind leg, from the point of the hock to 

 the fetlock ; and that the direction of the front legs will be 

 vertical, as in Fig. 43, which I have taken from Goubaux 



Fig. 43.— Le Placer 



and Barrier's UExUrieur du Cke'i^aL It may be possible to 

 make a horse assume this attitude (Fr. le placer) ; but I must 

 say I have never seen a horse adopt it. Fig. 44 is the 



Fig. 44 •—Standing at Attention 



nearest approach in a well-bred horse to this position that I 

 have been able to get in a photograph, of which this 

 illustration is an exact copy. 



