i86 



THE BORE LIMB. 



fop of withers 



Line 4j inchesbelow 

 top or withers 



ibetween f 

 fore legs. 



Fig. 285. 



The fuH-sized figure bounded by a continued line represents a transverse section 

 (viewed horizontally) through the shoulders of a thoroughbred with thick 

 withers, made by a plane passing through the highest point of the withers and 

 the fore arms. The direction of this plane is shown in Fig, 287 by the dotted 

 Ime a 3, The figure which is bounded by dotted lines, and which is inside the 

 figure just described, represents a similar section ^through the shoulders of an 

 ordinary well-shaped thoroughbred. 



