Animal management. 1923 / prepared in the Veterinary department of the War office.

  • Great Britain. War Office
Date:
1923
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Licence: Public Domain Mark

Credit: Animal management. 1923 / prepared in the Veterinary department of the War office. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    The “ points ”’ of the horse. CH ede hae THE POINTS OF THE HORSE, COLOURS, MARKING AND AGE. The ‘‘points’’ of the horse are the terms used to indicate the several regions alluded to. Commencing at the top of the head, the part immediately between and behind the ears is called the ‘‘poll’’; the ‘‘forehead’’ is from the poll down to the level of the eyes. From the level of the eyes downwards to the nostrils we have the ‘‘face,’’ and the lower part, including nostrils, mouth and chin, is generally termed the ‘‘muzzle.’’ By taking hold of the inner side of the nostril, one is able to see some distance up it, to note that it rapidly gets very narrow, and to see on the floor of it, rather towards the inner side, a small hole, which looks as if it had been made witha punch. This opening is the end of a small canal which starts from the inner side of the lower eyelid and allows the tears to be got rid of without running over the face. Starting again from the poll: the top of the neck from which the mane springs is called the ‘‘crest,’’ and passing the hand down this we come to the ‘‘withers.’’ The withers rise slightly from the end of the neck and slope away down to the back; they are situated immediately over the top of the shoulder blade. Behind the withers lies the “‘back’’; behind the back the ‘‘loins,’’ ‘‘croup’’ and ‘‘dock.’’ The ‘‘back’’ runs as far from behind the shoulder blade as a hunting saddle reaches, the ‘‘loins’’ from there to the top of the quarter, and the ‘‘croup’’ from thence on to the root of the tail or ‘“dock.’’ Coming back to the head, the space between the branches of the jaw is called the ‘‘jowl,’’ and just behind it is the ‘‘throat.’’ Running down the lower part of each side of the neck, from the angle of the jaw to just in front of the shoulder, is a well-marked shallow groove in which the large blood-vessels of the head and neck lie. On the near side the ‘‘gullet’’ also lies in this
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