The encyclopædia of the stable The encyclopædia of the stable: a complete manual of the horse, its breeds, anatomy, physiology, diseases, breeding, breaking, training and management, with articles on harness, farriery, carriages, etc. comprising a thousand hints to horse owners encyclopdiaofs00shaw Year: 1909 FORELOCK—FORKS long cannon bone predisposes weakness of the sinews, and small knees betoken weakness, whilst the Pisiform should be prominent so as to enable the tendons to stand out well, otherwise the leg will be tied in. Below the knee the leg should be big and flat, the more bone the
The encyclopædia of the stable The encyclopædia of the stable: a complete manual of the horse, its breeds, anatomy, physiology, diseases, breeding, breaking, training and management, with articles on harness, farriery, carriages, etc. comprising a thousand hints to horse owners encyclopdiaofs00shaw Year: 1909 FORELOCK—FORKS long cannon bone predisposes weakness of the sinews, and small knees betoken weakness, whilst the Pisiform should be prominent so as to enable the tendons to stand out well, otherwise the leg will be tied in. Below the knee the leg should be big and flat, the more bone the better, any approach to standing over or calf knees being a great fault. (See Calf Knees, Elbow, Fetlock, Foot, Knees.) Forelock is the term applied to the continuation of the mane, which extends between the ears and hangs over the forehead. Forging.—The act of forging consists of the horse hitting the inner edee of the fore-shoe with his hind toe. The best Forsrinc course to pursue is to shorten his hind toe, and to put the shoe back a little. (See Brushing, Over-reaches, Speedy Cut, Shoes, Treads.) Forks should never be kept in the stable, and wherever they are placed when out of use the prongs should always be on the ground. Nor is there any necessity for having sharp prongs to a stable fork, which is only used for bedding up 139
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