The exterior of the horse . Fig. Fig. 74. region a beauty of the first order, and of which the English thorough-bred, especially, offers a remarkable example. When the thigh is deficient in length, it renders the buttock roundand tihort (Fig. 74), a defect which may also be due to too small afemoro-tibial angle. The buttock is also named salient when its point POSTERIOR MEMBER. 243 is prominent in a horse in good condition, which signifies an easyrotation of the coxie on the posterior members. Width and Thickness.—The width of the thigh is measuredby a horizontal line which crosses it und
The exterior of the horse . Fig. Fig. 74. region a beauty of the first order, and of which the English thorough-bred, especially, offers a remarkable example. When the thigh is deficient in length, it renders the buttock roundand tihort (Fig. 74), a defect which may also be due to too small afemoro-tibial angle. The buttock is also named salient when its point POSTERIOR MEMBER. 243 is prominent in a horse in good condition, which signifies an easyrotation of the coxie on the posterior members. Width and Thickness.—The width of the thigh is measuredby a horizontal line which crosses it underneath the coxo-femoral artic-ulation. Its thickness, on the contrary, is appreciated, from side toside, either by viewing the animal from behind or obliquely from infront. It is almost superfluous to dwell upon the importance of these twodimensions, which show the muscular development of the region and,consequently, the im})ulsive force of the hind extremities. A thighlacking sufficient thickness is designated as sharp ; when thi
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