. Productive horse husbandry. Horses; Horses. 12 STRUCTURE AND FUNCTION ForehandâWithers.âWell set up, extending well back, muscular but neither low nor heavy, free from scars. Shoulders.âLong, oblique, smooth. Arms.âShort, muscular, carried forward. Forearms.âBroad and muscular. Knees.âSize proportionate to the weight of the horse, straight, broad, deep, smooth, strongly supported. Canons.âShort, broad, fluted. Tendons, smooth, well set back. Feiloclcs.â^Wide, smooth, well ^fe- â iff'y/'"^-/. Fig. 8.âNormal eye. Pasterns.âLong, sloping but strong. Feet.âSize in proportion to
. Productive horse husbandry. Horses; Horses. 12 STRUCTURE AND FUNCTION ForehandâWithers.âWell set up, extending well back, muscular but neither low nor heavy, free from scars. Shoulders.âLong, oblique, smooth. Arms.âShort, muscular, carried forward. Forearms.âBroad and muscular. Knees.âSize proportionate to the weight of the horse, straight, broad, deep, smooth, strongly supported. Canons.âShort, broad, fluted. Tendons, smooth, well set back. Feiloclcs.â^Wide, smooth, well ^fe- â iff'y/'"^-/. Fig. 8.âNormal eye. Pasterns.âLong, sloping but strong. Feet.âSize in proportion to the weight of the horse, uni- form ; form circular, walls straight, slope corresponding to slope of pastern; height at toe, side wall, and heel as 3 to 2 to 1. Sole concave, bars strong, frog large, elastic, heels Avide, full; texture of horn dense, smooth, dark colored (Fig. 9). âViewed from in front, a perpendicular line dropped from the point of the shoulder should divide the leg and foot into two lateral halves (Fig. 10). Viewed from the side, a perpen- dicular line dropped from, the tuberosity on the scapula should. 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 Gay, Carl Warren, 1877-. Philadelphia & London, J. B. Lippincott Company
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