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Title: The Horse : its treatment in health and disease, with a complete guide to breeding, training and management
Year: 1905 (1900s)
Authors: Axe, J. Wortley
Subjects: Horses
Publisher: London : Gresham
Contributing Library: Webster Family Library of Veterinary Medicine
Digitizing Sponsor: Tufts University

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Fig. 71.—Excessive Length from two different CausesAfter Goubaux and Bamer. (By permission of Messrs. Lippincott) what are the relations in which they stand to each other. In answer tothe first question it may be stated that the parts which concur to make upthe sum of the body-length are the spine, the .shoulder, and the buttock.The two latter furnish the anterior and posterior extremity respectively,while the former intervenes to form the back and loins. As we havealready observed, the length of tlie body in a well-formed horse is about LENGTH 97 equal to two and a half times the length of his head, and whether it ismore or less will depend upon the length of the spine on the one hand,and the extent, direction, and relations of the shoulder and croup on theother. It is to De Saint-Ange ^ that we owe the figurative expression ofthese interesting facts, as shown in the following illustrations.
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Fig. 72.—Compensation for Excessive LengthAfter Goubaux and Barrier. (By permission of Messrs. Lippincott) Comparison of diagrams 1 and 2 (fig. 71) will show how the length ofthe ))ody is influenced by each of tliese causes. Both the animals represented in the illustration are of equal length, a d,AD, but both exceed the stipulated two heads and a half from one extremityto the other. The excess of this dimension in diagram 1 is clearly theresult of undue length of the back, or dorso-lumbar portion of the spine, ^ De Saint-Anse, fours dhinpoloaie, t. i, p. 154; Saumur, 1850.VOL. I. ^ If J t , ^ 98 CONFORMATION AND ITS DEFECTS m n, while in the other it arises out of the more extended quarters, c D,and greater obliquity and length of the shoulders, a b. The too great length arising out of the first-named cause is a seriousdefect of conformation, as the loins in such cases are weak and badlysupported by the quarters, and the great distance between the posteriorscapular angle and the ha

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