31G 
Notes on Cart Horses. 
In Fig. 2 is an example of a horse having a shoulder-blade 
in the same angular position with relation to the ground as in 
Fig. 1, but with the humerus placed so sloping backward as to 
form with the centre line of the shoulder-blade almost a right 
angle, instead of an obtuse one as in the former case. It will 
be seen from Fig. 2, that the fore-leg is of necessity thrown 
further back under the horse, and there is consequently a larger 
amount of " loading " at the shoulder-points. 
No man possessing knowledge or experience would choose 
a riding-horse with upright shoulders, unless there were present 
