Standing under.
Fig. 54.
Knee-sprung.
Backward Deviations.—Standing under in front ([Fig. 53]) is that deviation in which the entire leg from the elbow down is placed back of the perpendicular line and, therefore, too far under the body. When this deviation affects only the cannon bone, the horse stands bent forward at the knees,—a condition known as “goat-kneed,” “buck-kneed,” “over in the knees,” or, more commonly, “knee-sprung” ([Fig. 54]). When the backward deviation is only from the fetlock down, the animal is said to stand upright or “straight in the fetlock.”
Fig. 55.
Normal (regular) position
viewed from behind.
Fig. 56.
