. Judging farm animals . Livestock. THE TYPES AND CLASSES OF HORSES 101 as possible toward a given point. The hock should be wide, as viewed both from in front, and one side, and have plenty of depth. Such a conformation provides room for strong muscles and tendons to connect with this joint. The hock of the draft horse should be sharply defined in its various curves, free of all excess flesh or puffy condition. It is a common sight with horses in high condition and lack- ing exercise to have a fullness of hock, or what is often termed "meaty" hocks. A side view should show this join
. Judging farm animals . Livestock. THE TYPES AND CLASSES OF HORSES 101 as possible toward a given point. The hock should be wide, as viewed both from in front, and one side, and have plenty of depth. Such a conformation provides room for strong muscles and tendons to connect with this joint. The hock of the draft horse should be sharply defined in its various curves, free of all excess flesh or puffy condition. It is a common sight with horses in high condition and lack- ing exercise to have a fullness of hock, or what is often termed "meaty" hocks. A side view should show this joint hard and clean, notably hollow in its central face, without evidence of swelling. The point of the hock should be prominent, broad and firm, and neatly turned, indicat- ing a strong connection of the back tendon in this most im- portant joint. Occasionally the point of the hock will appear puffed and fleshy. This is due to blows, and is usually caused by the horse kicking some hard obstacle behind, after which the points of the hock swell, re- sulting in a "capped" con- dition. This should never appear upon an uninjured horse. The lower part of the hock, to be of maximum strength, should be wide, so that where merging with the cannon below,- there will be no contraction in compari- son with the cannon further down. The hocks of the draft horse are naturally larger and more fleshy than those of a smaller class, be- ing a part of a massive ani- 1 Tj! ii 1 • • ' -J I'iS- 53.—"A slight curve to this mal. It the gaskm is wide, p^^t, to which the name sicltle hock and the hock is not tied in l^as been ; a curb is also , , ,T 1 1 -n 1 1 to be seen just below the point of below, the hock will'be rela- the hocu. (See page 202.). 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,
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