. Cyclopedia of farm animals. Domestic animals; Animal products. 456 HORSE HORSE tissues, the bone and skin, are also of fine texture. Conversely, when the feather is wiry and coarse and curly in this region, it surely denotes a leg predisposed to grease or scratches. The pastern and feet have been vastly improved in this breed in recent years, owing to the demand for more slope and length in the former and larger hoof heads in the latter. The same is true to a degree in regard to the coupling, which at one time was considered the weakness of the breed, attributable to the lack of depth in the
. Cyclopedia of farm animals. Domestic animals; Animal products. 456 HORSE HORSE tissues, the bone and skin, are also of fine texture. Conversely, when the feather is wiry and coarse and curly in this region, it surely denotes a leg predisposed to grease or scratches. The pastern and feet have been vastly improved in this breed in recent years, owing to the demand for more slope and length in the former and larger hoof heads in the latter. The same is true to a degree in regard to the coupling, which at one time was considered the weakness of the breed, attributable to the lack of depth in the shorter ribs. Increasing the depth. Fig. 464. Baron's Pride. Said to be the greatest Clydesdale sire in thj Owned by A. and W. Montgomery, Scotland. of body and adding to the length of the hinder ribs have been effective in lessening the prevalence of this criticism. The croup of the Clydesdale is muscular, and the quarters are specially well devel- oped. The set of the hocks is one of the strong points of the breed. A properly set hock forecasts pulling power, and it also implies freedom from curbs and from coarseness, due to thoroughpin or bog spavins. With the web of the hock free from any filling, the latter works freer and stronger, and is not predisposed to diseases ; and such a hock is almost invariably properly set, for it will frequently be noticed that it is the straight hock that is more " meaty " and subject to bog spavins and thorough- pins. Properly set hocks, above all other things, insure the hock action which is so greatly sought in Clydesdales. To bring the hocks well under the body and not to spread too much in passing each other are very desirable attributes, and these are eminently characteristic of the Clydesdale's hind action. The front action in best form is free, snappy and folding at the knee, chiefly attributable to a shoulder of correct slope, and springy yet strong pasterns. History. The Clydesdale originated in the lowlands of Scotland,
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