. Elements of hippology. Horses. 86 ELEMENTS OF HIPPOLOGY. a horse is sure on his front feet. Broken knees are a sign of a failure at some time in his history; hence a most careful scrutiny of the front faces of his knees should be made. It often happens that a horse falls and bruises his knee in a perfectly innocent way, but such happenings are rare. As a rule, the fall is due to some defect in the horse himself. The would-be pur- chaser is wise who rejects finally any horse with broken knees. The back tend- ons, leading from the trapezium t o the pastern, when strained, are causes of lamenes
. Elements of hippology. Horses. 86 ELEMENTS OF HIPPOLOGY. a horse is sure on his front feet. Broken knees are a sign of a failure at some time in his history; hence a most careful scrutiny of the front faces of his knees should be made. It often happens that a horse falls and bruises his knee in a perfectly innocent way, but such happenings are rare. As a rule, the fall is due to some defect in the horse himself. The would-be pur- chaser is wise who rejects finally any horse with broken knees. The back tend- ons, leading from the trapezium t o the pastern, when strained, are causes of lameness. This strain occurs more often in saddle horses that are gal- loped when tired. It is noticeable by an enlargement of the tendon, or its sheath, below the knee, usually nearer the knee than the pastern, and a tendency to keep the knees bent forward when at rest, to ease the strain on those tendons. A tendon is a dense, fibrous tissue that connects a muscle with a bone. Its function is to transmit the energy developed by the contraction of the muscle to the Figure 60.—Broken Knees. Digitized by Microsoft®. Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original Marshall, Francis Cutler, 1867-; United States Military Academy. Dept. of Tactics. Kansas City, Hudson Press
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