. The family horse : its stabling, care and feeding : a practical manual for horse-keepers . Horses. 18 THE FAMILY Fig. 18.—STKADDLED. Fig. 19.—KNOCK-KNEED. Fig. 20.—PIGEON-TOED. defect, if hard pulling is required. It ance, however, and is a serious fault in Here are some valuable hints by the late Col. M. C. Weld on good and bad legs: "All the training in the vp^orld will not give a horse good legs, and with this wanting, the spirit and the sort of style which is developed by training and oats, counts in real -work and service for very little. A horse needs both, and then there
. The family horse : its stabling, care and feeding : a practical manual for horse-keepers . Horses. 18 THE FAMILY Fig. 18.—STKADDLED. Fig. 19.—KNOCK-KNEED. Fig. 20.—PIGEON-TOED. defect, if hard pulling is required. It ance, however, and is a serious fault in Here are some valuable hints by the late Col. M. C. Weld on good and bad legs: "All the training in the vp^orld will not give a horse good legs, and with this wanting, the spirit and the sort of style which is developed by training and oats, counts in real -work and service for very little. A horse needs both, and then there is some hope for him. "With a good set of legs the trainer has the right foundation to build upon. It is quite a 'point,' as they say ' on the street,' to know good legs when you see them. It does not take an expert to tell if a set of legs look all right from the side, when the horse is either still or in action, but the real points of view to judge critically are directly in front or behind. The feet are round, well up at the heels, large, solid, and free from either grooves and ridges running up and down, or from irregularity in the lines of growth, which always form fine parallel striae has an awkward appear- a carriage or 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 Martin, George A. , d. 1904. New York : Orange Judd Company
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