. Australian Garden and Field. Mtirdi, 1914 THE GARDEN AND FIELD. 40;") Jumping. As the oulstandinp principle hearing upon the question of the rt^hition exi-stinj^ between the con- formation of horses and their juinpin<j ca])acity, there is to be noted the fact that it is the hind limbs, quarters, and loins which have to bear the brunt when a horse jumps, for upon them de- \-olves the dutv both of raisin the forehead and of propelling the body upwards and forwards over the obstacle. Consequently the pri- mary desideratum to be souclit for as regards a suitable make and shape for juinpi
. Australian Garden and Field. Mtirdi, 1914 THE GARDEN AND FIELD. 40;") Jumping. As the oulstandinp principle hearing upon the question of the rt^hition exi-stinj^ between the con- formation of horses and their juinpin<j ca])acity, there is to be noted the fact that it is the hind limbs, quarters, and loins which have to bear the brunt when a horse jumps, for upon them de- \-olves the dutv both of raisin the forehead and of propelling the body upwards and forwards over the obstacle. Consequently the pri- mary desideratum to be souclit for as regards a suitable make and shape for juinping, is that there should be indications of plenty of strength in these several partsâ good, liroad loins, muscular and powerful quarters, and stout hind legs, constituting, so to speak, the fundamental basis upon which eood jumping powers are built up. Particularly essential is it that the hocks should be strong, a fea,- tnre which is indicated by their being broad and large in shape, for these joints play a leading ])art, and are subjected to special stress in the act of jumping. In fact, they are more or less the pi\ot of the whole mechanism which is brought into play in jumping, and if one is to single out one ])articidar individual point as being of greater importance than any other for :umping pur- poses it is unquestionably the pos- session of good, strong hocks. Nothing is a more fatal fault in this respect than weak, small hock joints, for, besides affording an in- dication of poor jumping powers, such are quite unfitted to stand the strain which jumiping imposes upon them, and if a horse exhibit- ing this failing is at all freaiientlv iimiped the probability is that its hocks will soon begin to show siens of injury and eventually be- Gome unsound. Another most desirable point as regards the hind limbs is that the hocks should be well let down, â âââ â â â â -KT^m; â¢r'-'V^ J'.,.- sr- the distance between the point of the hip l)one and the hock joint being as
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