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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re-limbs during pro-gression. Further, an extensive bony surface is required for the attach-ment of the muscles of masti-cation and expression. Quite apart from size, theaspect of the head varies verymaterially in difierent animals,not only among those of dif-ferent varieties, but in a lessdegree also among differentanimals of the same variety.AVhile in some it presents aclean-cut, finely-chiselled out-line, in others the angles andlines of the bony frameworkare rounded off and more orless obscured, and the headas a whole displays a heavy,plain appearance. The former,distinguished as the lean head (fig. 26), is more especially pronounced inthe thoroughbred, and is always an evidence of good breeding. Here theskin will be noticed to be thin, and closely adherent to underlyingparts. The bony outline is sharply defined. The muscles, vessels, andnerves are seen standing out in bold relief, giving the head altogethera clean, sharp expression and airy carriage. Quite the reverse is the case
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Fig. -Lean Head, well set on VOLUME AND GENERAL ASPECT OF THE HEAD 37 in the latter, which is known as the plain or fleshi/ head (iig. 27). Herethe skin is thick, coarse, and united with the parts beneath by a largeamount of connective tissue which liides the Ijony lines and prominencesbeneath, rounds otl the face, and gives to the head as a whole a heavyand fleshy appearance. This type of head is associated with animals ofa dull, lymphatic temperament and low cast. VOLUME AND GENERAL ASPECT OF THE HEAD Li this, as in other respects, harmony of proportion is the point ofexcellence to be desired, Avhether it be in the heavy or the lighter breedsof horses. Deviations in this respect, however, are not equally objection-able in the two classes. A large head in the hunter or the hack wouldnot only render an animal unsightly, but by displacing the centre ofgravity forward, predispose to stumbling, and impose upon the fore-limbsan undue amount of weight and wear. These objections do not appl

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