. Judging farm animals . Livestock. 82 JUDGING FARM ANIMALS foot laps over to complete the contact. The long, springy- pastern permits a greater extension of limb, and a placing of the foot with less concussion. The shorter and more upright pastern, gives a harder and more stilted gait and a greater tendency when in action, to contact the toe before the frog or heel. There is some difference of opinion among horsemen as to the length of pastern desirable in the draft horse. Generally speaking, one of medium length is re- garded as most desirable for all conditions. The Scotch, however, prefer
. Judging farm animals . Livestock. 82 JUDGING FARM ANIMALS foot laps over to complete the contact. The long, springy- pastern permits a greater extension of limb, and a placing of the foot with less concussion. The shorter and more upright pastern, gives a harder and more stilted gait and a greater tendency when in action, to contact the toe before the frog or heel. There is some difference of opinion among horsemen as to the length of pastern desirable in the draft horse. Generally speaking, one of medium length is re- garded as most desirable for all conditions. The Scotch, however, prefer a long pastern. Dykes, in his introduction in the Clydes- dale Stud Book of Scot- land, says:" "No doubt the upright pastern suits well the upright shoulder and slow action of the English draft horse, a con- formation which can scarce- ly be called the best for any purpose; but it will not do in the Clydesdale, which requires a pastern to suit the formation of the shoulder, and to confer the necessary elasticity to coun- teract the concussion caused by his quick, firm step. Short, upright pasterns always get worse with age and feeding, and the action in due course of time becomes impeded. A horse with an upright pastern has little or no command of his foot, and literally walks as on a crutch; and if he has no power of his foot, he can- not have much of his ; Mr. Alex. Galbraith, long intimately identified with the draft horse industry in l"VoI. I., 2d £d., 1854, p. Fig. 40.—"The long, springy pastern permits a greater extension of ;. 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 Plumb, Charles S. (Charles Sumner), 1860-1939. New York : Orange Judd Company
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