. Ontario Sessional Papers, 1910, . axes of both these parts and form an angle of 45 degrees with the makes the axes of these parts continuous. Too much stress can scarcely be 1910 FARMERS IN STITUTES. 76 laid upon the slope of the pastern, since the shoulder, arm and pastern arearranged to lessen the injury to the foot arising from concussion on hard any one part of a horse is more important than another, the feet, pasterns,shoulders and hocks may surely be grouped as the most important parts, for onthem are thrown the severest strains; horses give out much more
. Ontario Sessional Papers, 1910, . axes of both these parts and form an angle of 45 degrees with the makes the axes of these parts continuous. Too much stress can scarcely be 1910 FARMERS IN STITUTES. 76 laid upon the slope of the pastern, since the shoulder, arm and pastern arearranged to lessen the injury to the foot arising from concussion on hard any one part of a horse is more important than another, the feet, pasterns,shoulders and hocks may surely be grouped as the most important parts, for onthem are thrown the severest strains; horses give out much more frequently therethan elesewhere, and when they do, they never recover. By many the foot is usedas the only criterion whereby to judge a horse. Undoubtedly it must receive care-ful attention. It should be open of hoofhead, wide of heel, of good depth, andlarge grounding surface. The walls should be of dense texture, and free from anyirregularities or cracks. The sole should be slightly concave, the bars strong andthe fro? larffe and Clydesdale Mare. The normal position of the hind limbs viewed from the side is explained bydropping two plumb lines, one from the point of the buttock, the other from thehip joint. The former line just touches the point of the hock, passes down to therear of and parallel to the cannon bone and touches the ground to the rear of thecentre of. the sole. The other line strikes the coronet and reaches the ground atthe centre of the sole. Viewed from the rear, the line from the buttock dividesthe limb from the hock down into inner and outer halves. The stifle should be setwell forward and rather outward. The hock, being undoubtedly the most severelytested joint of the body, since through it as a lever all the stress of the horsesenergy is exerted, deserves the closest scrutiny. The point of the hock ought tobe of good length, coming up straight and strong in line with the cannon hock joint should be wide, deep and sharply defined, wit
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