. Frank Forester's horse and horsemanship of the United States and British provinces of North America [microform]. Horses; Race horses; Chevaux; Chevaux de course. ich speed mainly Tins is, to somo aat with a loaded svever powerfully e-quarter touches •tly as it ought to position may be e of india-rubber, ght, made of any !e these tAvo balls ne turf at such an in and again—the 3r in speed, but it ould carry on the istic nature of the ) its mother earth. i the resistance of ittle of the power lich, nevertheless, s nothing for the full action of the viz., first, length I of leverage upon bones c
. Frank Forester's horse and horsemanship of the United States and British provinces of North America [microform]. Horses; Race horses; Chevaux; Chevaux de course. ich speed mainly Tins is, to somo aat with a loaded svever powerfully e-quarter touches •tly as it ought to position may be e of india-rubber, ght, made of any !e these tAvo balls ne turf at such an in and again—the 3r in speed, but it ould carry on the istic nature of the ) its mother earth. i the resistance of ittle of the power lich, nevertheless, s nothing for the full action of the viz., first, length I of leverage upon bones comprising omparative length •te upon which the onnected with the I propelling power h they derive from Lould be long and nb—viz., the stifle id fully developed. t well forward, and wo divisions. The 2;um or spavin, and jm weakness at the quarter to judge of i not be looked at it should be ascer- COLOR. 497 tained that the muscles of the two limbs meet together below the anus, which should be in fact well supported by them, and not left loose, and, as it were, in a deep and flaccid hollow. The outline of the outer part of the thigh should be full, and in ordinary horses the muscle should swell out beyond the level of the point of the hip. Tliis fulness, however, is not often seen to this extent in the thoroughbred horse until he has arrived at mature age, and is taken out of training. Tlie bones below the hock should be flat and free from adhesions ; the ligaments and tendons fully developed, and standing out free from the bone ; and the joints well formed and wide, yet without any diseased enlargement ; the pasterns should be moderately long and oblique; the bones of good size; and, lastly, the feet should correspond with those already alluded to in the anterior ex- tremity. The totality of these points should be in proportion to one another—that is to say, the formation of the horse should be " ; He should not have long, well-developed hind-quarters, w
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