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CONFORMATION AND ACTION, &C. 
In the Elbow, 
The situation, the development of the olecranon. 
In the Knee, 
Its volume, form, effacement, interval between them. 
In the Cannon, 
Its thickness or diameter, its length. 
In the Sinew of the Leg, 
Its volume, the uniformity of its volume, its distance from the 
bone, &c. 
In the Fetlock, 
Its position, its volume, &c. 
In the Pastern, 
Its thickness, its length, its line of direction . 
In the Coronet, 
Its conformation , its condition. 
In the Foot, 
Its form, its volume, its consistence, its surface, the quarters , 
the heels, the sole, the frog. 
IN THE BODY 
Are to be considered. 
The Back, 
And, in that, its situation, its conformation . 
Their length. 
Their extent. 
In the Loins, 
In the Sides, 
In the Belly, 
Its volume, its form. 
In the Sheath, 
The volume of the testicles, their condition. 
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In the Flanks, 
Their spread, their movements. 
In regard to beauty of form, Bourgelat very properly observes, 
that though there is nobody who does not assume to himself the 
right of judging of it, it is not every one who possess the power 
to do so. The decision must be founded upon a knowledge of 
certain established rules and demonstrations, whence are derived 
what have been denominated a the laws of beauty.” What 
appears beautiful to one may not appear so to another; and 
what is really and truly (according to the laws of the science) 
beautiful, may, to an unscientific eye, appear quite the contrary. 
