. Points of the horse; a treatise on the conformation, movements, breeds and evolution of the horse. Horses. 64 ATTITUDES OF THE HORSE, In the froni view of the horse—when he is standing in an unconstrained position, with his feet equally advanced and a little distance apart—the fore arms will slightly* converge, and the cannon-bones will be about parallel to each other (Fig. 46). A vertical and longitudinal plane passing through the centre of the knee and fedock of each leg will cut the centre of the toe. In Fig. 47 the toes are turned in, and in Fig. 48 they are turned out. The rear view of
. Points of the horse; a treatise on the conformation, movements, breeds and evolution of the horse. Horses. 64 ATTITUDES OF THE HORSE, In the froni view of the horse—when he is standing in an unconstrained position, with his feet equally advanced and a little distance apart—the fore arms will slightly* converge, and the cannon-bones will be about parallel to each other (Fig. 46). A vertical and longitudinal plane passing through the centre of the knee and fedock of each leg will cut the centre of the toe. In Fig. 47 the toes are turned in, and in Fig. 48 they are turned out. The rear view of the horse in Fig. 50 illustrates the condition known as *^ cow-hocks," in which the points of the hocks are more or less turned in. Figs. 49 and 289. Fig. 45 —Standing Collectedly. show symmetrically shaped hind legs, viewed from behind. Although I have devoted much careful study to this subject, I can apply no geometrical rules to determine, as some writers have tried to do, the correct shape of the legs from this aspect It can, in my opinion, be judged only by the trained eye of the observer—I mean in deciding whether the hocks are correcdy placed, turned in, or turned out Standing "Collectedly.'"—This is the position (Fig. 45) a horse assumes when he makes ready to move quickly away from the place in which he is standing. His hind feet will be well in front of a perpendicular line dropped from the. 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 Hayes, M. Horace (Matthew Horace), 1842-1904. London, W. Thacker & co
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