The exterior of the horse . ATTITUDES. 457 station, fulfil a role, if not equal, at least identical,—that of supportingthe body-weight ; it is therefore but logical that they obey the samej)riuciples of equilibrium. Let us pass in review, now, the vices of the axes of the posteriormembers. A vertical line, cd (Fig. 163 [1]), passing through the middle, r, ofthe leg, should pass, above, through the centre of posterior suspoisioii, c(coxo-femoral articulation), intersect, below, the middle of the hoof, d,. Fig. 163. and remain equidistant from the vertical lines op, mn, lowered from thepatella a
The exterior of the horse . ATTITUDES. 457 station, fulfil a role, if not equal, at least identical,—that of supportingthe body-weight ; it is therefore but logical that they obey the samej)riuciples of equilibrium. Let us pass in review, now, the vices of the axes of the posteriormembers. A vertical line, cd (Fig. 163 [1]), passing through the middle, r, ofthe leg, should pass, above, through the centre of posterior suspoisioii, c(coxo-femoral articulation), intersect, below, the middle of the hoof, d,. Fig. 163. and remain equidistant from the vertical lines op, mn, lowered from thepatella and the angle of the buttock, the loiter tangent to the point ofthe hock and to the fetlock. If the member, as a whole, is placed in front of this line cd, thehorse is said to be under himself behind (Fig. 163 [2]). If, on the contrary, it is situated behind, the horse is said to becamped behind (Fig. 163 [3]). Finally, if the deviation only takes place from the fetlock down,the subject is called : Long- and loir-jointed when the middle of the foot, d, approachesthe vertical line op. 458 THE EXTERIOR OF THE HORSE. Short- and straight-jointed when it approaches the vertical line 7nn. Having .studied the last two defects in connection with the jKistem,we will not return to them here. We will speak only of the incon-veniences which follow from the first two conformations. Horse Under Himself Behind (Fig. 163 [2]).—The direct axisof the member in this case is oblique downward and forward, insteadof
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