HEIGHT AND LENGTH OF BODY. 



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in the case of the horse, by the hard logic of statistics. 

 I accordingly give the following table of measurements 

 in inches, taking Ormonde (Frontispiece) and St Simon 

 (Figs. 9 and 229) as examples of the fleet of foot, and the 

 Shire horse, Cheadle Jumbo, and the Shire mare. Chance 

 (Fig, 232), as illustrations of strength. 





Oimonde. 



St. Simon. 



Cheadle 

 Jumbo. 



Chance. 



Height at witheis 



641* 



^Zl"" 



67* 



67* 



Length of body .... 



6ii 



591- 



76 



76 



Depth from witheis to biisket 



29 



27^ 



35i 



34 



Distance of "giith place" 

 fiom ground . 



zsi 



Z^l 



Zil 



33 



Length of head .... 



241- 



24 



29 



28 





* Without s 



hoes. 







I took the measurements of Ormonde on the 20th July, 

 1887, when he was a four-year-old ; and those of St. Simon 

 in September, 1884, when he was a three-year-old. I may 

 mention that the photographs of Ormonde and St. Simon 

 are particularly valuable, as these animals were probably the 

 two best race-horses that have ever lived, and as their 

 photographs were taken when they were in racing condition. 

 I may also mention that the outlines of Fig. 229 have been 

 taken from a photograph which was too much ''fogged" to 

 bear reproduction. The shadows, however, have been added 

 by an artist, Mr. Oswald Brown. 



We see from the foregoing table, that some three and 

 four year-old race-horses of the best class are 3 or 4 inches 

 higher at the withers (and at the croup) than they are long 

 in the body ; and that the Shire horse, which is the most 

 powerful of all horses, is about 9 inches longer than he is 

 high. The difference between the two types with respect to 

 their length of leg, as compared to their depth of chest, is 



