Studies in horse breeding; an illustrated treatise on the science and practice of the breeding of horses . CD ^ So <i d m at cS bjo ® rt r: ^ fH THE SCIENCE OF JUDGING DRAFT HORSES 235 be found weak at the hind part of the joint. It is witha conformation of the hoek such as this, that we find thecurb; while such a hock may be as strong as any in itsfront part. The Importance of a Good Hock. In mailing out thecircular letter, reference to which has already been madein chapter XI, copies of figures 66 and 67 were alsoinclosed. Reports of 101,839 horses owned were re-ported from this line of i
Studies in horse breeding; an illustrated treatise on the science and practice of the breeding of horses . CD ^ So <i d m at cS bjo ® rt r: ^ fH THE SCIENCE OF JUDGING DRAFT HORSES 235 be found weak at the hind part of the joint. It is witha conformation of the hoek such as this, that we find thecurb; while such a hock may be as strong as any in itsfront part. The Importance of a Good Hock. In mailing out thecircular letter, reference to which has already been madein chapter XI, copies of figures 66 and 67 were alsoinclosed. Reports of 101,839 horses owned were re-ported from this line of investigation. Of these 32,902were reported as having become unsound. Owners ofhorses reporting were requested to compare the confor-mation of their horses with those shoAvn in figures 66 and67 and report the result of these comparisons. Of the32,902 horses reported as unsound, 21,737 were reportedunsound behind, 93 per cent of such unsoundness beingin the hock. Here again we have evidence of the im-portance of a good hock, and based not upon theory, butactual fact. Of all horses becoming unsound, 61
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