The Horse - its treatment in health and disease, with a complete guide to breeding, training and management (1905) (14760973811)

Identifier: horseitstreatmen01axej (find matches)
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. 69.—Cow-Hocks Fig. 70.—Bow-Legs BOW-LECxS In this state of development (fig. 70) the points of the hocks aredirected outward, the legs are set wide apart, and the toes are turnedinward. This is not only a more unsightly defect than the one lastreferred to, but it impairs to a still greater extent the locomotive powersand usefulness of the animal. A striking feature of this variety of con-formation is the peculiar rotary movement or outward twist of thehock which occurs at the moment when the foot comes to the ground.Moreover, viewed from behind, the gait is rolling and unsteady, the stepsare short and wanting in liberty and grace. 90 CONFORMATION AND ITS DEFECTS SICKLE OR CURBY HOCK In this variety of conformation (Plate XIII, fig. 3) the canon, instead ofoccupying a vertical position, inclines more or less forward, so that the legis brought under the body, or, as it is said, the horse is under himselfbehind . The effect of this is to increase the angularity of the hock andgi