Fig. 106.—The Proportions of the Horse (after Bourgelat).
To face p. 265.
The proportions given by Bourgelat are as follows[40] ([Fig. 106]):
[40] Ibid., p. 136, and onward.
1. Three geometrical lengths of the head give:
The full height of the horse, reckoned from the forelock to the ground on which he rests, provided that the head be well placed.[41]
[41] By ‘the head being well placed,’ Bourgelat means ‘vertically posed,’ the outline of the forehead then coinciding with a vertical line, which at the other end touches the anterior portion of the nose.
2. Two heads and a half (B)[42] equals:
The height of the body from the summit of the withers to the ground.
The length of the same body, those of the forehand and of the hind-quarter taken as a whole from the point of the arm to the point of the buttock inclusive.