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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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teeth. Cross-tempered horses of this type are apt to seize the l)it in theirgrinders, in which case all attempts to restrain them are vain. IMoreover,the direction of the line of vision being set high, obstacles and irregu-larities on the ground surface immediately before them are liable to beoverlooked, in which case stumbling Ijecomes habitual and dangerous. The direction of the head approaches the vertical line very much inproportion to the degree of curvature of the neck (fig. 39), and in somecases, where the latter is unduly arched, the former may even take anoblique direction from before, dow^nward and backward, so that the chinis made to approximate the breast. This conformation not only hindersprogression by displacing the centre of gravity backward, but the animalbecomes unsafe both on account of his liability to stum))le and the difficultywhich, in extreme cases, is experienced in causing him to turn to the right Fig, 38.—Head close-coupled 46 CONFORMATION AND ITS DEFECTS
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Fig. 39. —Head carried vertically or to the left. For the purpose of draught the vertical disposition of thehead does not constitute a serious defect, hut in animals used for ridingand driving purposes it is most objectionable. Among other reasons, the range of vision in these casesis restricted, and although theground immediately in front ofthe animal is well in view, dis-tant objects in the line of visionare not so well observed. Horsesof the kind in question usuallybend their knees fairly well, Ijuttlie action is short and chopjiy,and lacks liljerty and range ofshoulder movement. CARRIAGE OF THE HEAD The carriage of the head willbe determined for the most partby the form of the neck and theway in which it is connected with it. The most finished appearance isgiven to the animal when the head is carried well up, with a gentle slopefrom above downward and forward, forming with tlie ground surface anangle of about 45 degrees. In this position the field of vision is notrestricted as w

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