. The American farmer's horse book; a pictorial cyclopedia of facts concerning the prominent breeds ... Horses. GOOD HIND LIMBS. BAD TO MALFORMATION. VI. The Hind Limbs. Two more cuts will complete our object lesson on the conformation of the horse's hind quarters. These are here viewed from behind. The first shows the horse s tan ding n atur ally, ^ when of a good con- '| formation. The sec- ond has the toes turned in and the hocks out. The lat- ter is exaggerated, and deliberately so, the better to show the difference. In the first, the left leg ?stands just right; the right is slightly out
. The American farmer's horse book; a pictorial cyclopedia of facts concerning the prominent breeds ... Horses. GOOD HIND LIMBS. BAD TO MALFORMATION. VI. The Hind Limbs. Two more cuts will complete our object lesson on the conformation of the horse's hind quarters. These are here viewed from behind. The first shows the horse s tan ding n atur ally, ^ when of a good con- '| formation. The sec- ond has the toes turned in and the hocks out. The lat- ter is exaggerated, and deliberately so, the better to show the difference. In the first, the left leg ?stands just right; the right is slightly out of line. In the sec- ond, the left limb is turned unnaturally m, and the right is still more out of line. With perfect truth the latter might be termed positively malformed. VII. The Fore Limbs. Resuming our stud}'^ of the fore quarters, the annexed Fig. 1 shows the front limb at the left perfectly in line. The right limb is thrown slightly out. Both limbs should stand aligned as in the former. In Fig. 2 is shown the parrot-toed horse; Itoth limbs are turned too far in. It is impossible that an awkward creature like this should have good action, as to either speed or gracefulness. In fact, the horse with bad fore limbs is apt to be more objec- tionable pn the score of safety than one with bad hind quarters. Nothing is more annoying, when out driving for an airing, or on a trip to the village or post-ofiice, than to find yourself behind a horse that keeps stumbling every half mile or so, and dropping to his knees, or perhaps tumbling occasionally clear over on his FIG. 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 Darling, Andrew. [from old catalog]. St. Louis, Mo. , Journal of agriculture co
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