The points of the horse : a familiar treatise on equine conformation . ttention. a trifle turned out. The hind legs here depicted weresymmetrically shaped. Although I have devoted much care-ful study to this subject, I can apply no geometrical rules todetermine, as some have done, the correct shape of the legsfrom this point of view. It can, in my opinion, be judgedonly by the trained eye of the observer—I mean in decidino-whether the hocks are correctly placed, turned In, or turnedout. In PL 14 the hocks are, to a marked extent, turned in. 78 ATTITUDES OF THE HORSE. Standing ** Collectedly.—T
The points of the horse : a familiar treatise on equine conformation . ttention. a trifle turned out. The hind legs here depicted weresymmetrically shaped. Although I have devoted much care-ful study to this subject, I can apply no geometrical rules todetermine, as some have done, the correct shape of the legsfrom this point of view. It can, in my opinion, be judgedonly by the trained eye of the observer—I mean in decidino-whether the hocks are correctly placed, turned In, or turnedout. In PL 14 the hocks are, to a marked extent, turned in. 78 ATTITUDES OF THE HORSE. Standing ** Collectedly.—This is the position {seeFig. 36) a horse assumes when he makes ready to movequickly away from the place in which he is standing. Hishind feet will be well in front of a perpendicular line droppedfrom the points of the buttocks, his fore feet will be broughtback more than usual, and he will stand more or less overon them. His head and neck will be raised, and he will belooking to his front, with his ears pricked forward, if he beone of the quick, observant Fig. 36.—Standing Collectedly. Many persons who hold decided views on horse con-formation, maintain that a true shaped horse will, when hestands, have his hind legs well under him, as in Fig. 36;such a position being regarded by them as a point of con-formation, and not as an attitude. To prove the fallacy of thisidea, I may mention that the same mare, photographed onthe same day, is shown in Fig. 36 and PL 15. In the former,her hind leo-s are well under her, in the latter they are a little
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