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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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ow,it is in relation with the flanks. Whatever may l)e the work the animal is destined to i^erform. theloins should be as short as possible, a condition of solidity importantto recognize, because the lumbar vertebras have no support laterally fromthe ribs, as in the case of the backl)ones, being simply articulated onewith the other. Its shortness also favours the impetus transmitted liythe posterior limbs to the spine, because it lessens the elasticity andmobility of the structures through which the force of impulsion mustpass. As to the relation of the entire length of the dorso-lumbar regionthe back should be Joyig and the loins short, especially in saddle- andpack-horses.—Goubaux and Barrier. When the loins are short and the ribs approximate to the haunch,the animal is said to be well ribbed up. A long, weak loin, byseparating these parts, increases the width of the flanks and gives the PLATE VI. ^^ V:I«P!W1;.;I(;(I;;1;;I;P;J»^ M^ fc- _^^^ ■^ ) ^3 It -;vs BACK HOLLOW FROM AGL
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BACK NATURALLY HOLLOW DIRECTION OF THE BACK AND LOINS 57 appearance of slackness, hence the common expression, slack in theloin . Horses so constructed are said to want a rib . DIRECTION OF THE BACK AND LOINS The line described by these regions will be found to vary to a con-siderable extent in ditierent individuals. In some it is straight, in othersmore or less curved in an upward or downward direction. A straight back is the one universally recognized by judges as com-bining the greatest measure of power with the most perfect freedom andscope of action. An upward curve of the back is described as a roach hack (Plate VIII).Most WTiters appear to agree that this condition is specially adaptedto the purpose of bearing weight, l)ut it presents several importantdisadvantages. In animals so constructed the back is shortened by theupward curvature, and the great spinal muscles are said to be wanting indevelopment—two conditions distinctly opposed to great range and rapidityof movement. C

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