. Elements of hippology ... Horses. 128 ELEMENTS OF HIPPOLOGY. A horse that toes-in is said to be pigeon-toed, and out- bowed if he toes out. If one foot points to the right or left, while the other one is straight, he is club-footed. A vertical plane, paralleling the axis of the horse, and cut- ting the foot at the toe, should split the foot in half, and contain the axis of the leg. In other words, the forearm and cannon should be straight and vertical, and the foot should be set squarely to the front on the same vertical axis. The outer lines of the two forearms usually converge towards the
. Elements of hippology ... Horses. 128 ELEMENTS OF HIPPOLOGY. A horse that toes-in is said to be pigeon-toed, and out- bowed if he toes out. If one foot points to the right or left, while the other one is straight, he is club-footed. A vertical plane, paralleling the axis of the horse, and cut- ting the foot at the toe, should split the foot in half, and contain the axis of the leg. In other words, the forearm and cannon should be straight and vertical, and the foot should be set squarely to the front on the same vertical axis. The outer lines of the two forearms usually converge towards the knee, due to mus- cular development. The column of bones should be Figure 85.—The Plantar Surface of 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 Marshall, Francis Cutler. [from old catalog]; United States. Military academy, West Point. Dept. of tactics. [from old catalog]. Kansas City : Hudson press
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