Studies in horse breeding; an illustrated treatise on the science and practice of the breeding of horses . tedunsound 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 percent did so because of their hoek going wrong. In theselection of breeding stock, no part should be given ascareful attention as the hock. The Conformation of Unsound Hocks. The conforma-tion of hock shoAvn at A in figure 67, was seldomfound with an unsound hock, while the sound
Studies in horse breeding; an illustrated treatise on the science and practice of the breeding of horses . tedunsound 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 percent did so because of their hoek going wrong. In theselection of breeding stock, no part should be given ascareful attention as the hock. The Conformation of Unsound Hocks. The conforma-tion of hock shoAvn at A in figure 67, was seldomfound with an unsound hock, while the sound horseswere mostly reported with that conformation. Thelargest number of unsound hocks was reported as beingof the conformation shown at B, in figure 67. The Correct Conformation of Pastern. Taking up theconformation of the fore legs, of the 32,902 horses re-ported as unsound, 11,165 of them were reported un-sound in front. As regards these, 10,378 were reportedwith short and straight pasterns. Some Avere reportedas having rather poor feet at the time of their purchase, 236 STITDIES IN IIORSK liREKDING. o ^ i,h as OJO r^ i> .2 ^ o ^ b o ft 1^ g3 cj 1^ ^ o c35 o ? > be o o i> +^ a o CC 5-1> ^ s O ^ ^ ^ a! 0) ^ bJO CD sS 5c^ - O ^i •Si o <^ a ^ § •rH a> ° t3 +J d rH S^ •S >> r—t r— o o o ?2S 2 -^ o +^ CDCD =2^2 ° CO O ^ o+J -t-J S =t-i o O r- =4—1 ^ o o _^ bj) oO ^ o o t^ b a; cti o^ ^ 03 be S ^ ? s o.^ (D a5 53 o ^ o n -•^ bJD 0) d 0) ^^ > CD ? 2 3 OJ ?C OB r3 yj- 2? be bJO oO TIIIC SCIErvCE OF JUDGING DRAFT HORSES 237 but Avliere the pastern was of proper length and elas-ticity, the feet had remained in about the same condi-tion. Upon the other hand, horses purchased with goodfeet, but short, straight pasterns, soon became crippledin their feet. In no instance was a shoulder lamenessreported, that the horse did not have a straight Resulting from a Short and StraightPastern. It can be readily seen that without a past
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