[42] The letters in parentheses relate to the corresponding measures marked by the same letters on the third diagram of [Fig. 106].
The length of the forepart from the summit of the withers to the termination of the neck.
The height of the shoulders from the summit of the elbow to the top of the withers.
The thickness of the body from the middle of the belly to the middle of the back.
The width from one side to the other.
4. A head measured from the top of the forelock to the commissure of the lips (C). This measurement slightly curtailed, unless the mouth is very deeply cleft, equals:
The length of the crupper, taken from the superior point of the anterior angle of the ilium to the tuberosity of the ischium, forming the point of the buttock.
The width of the crupper or of the haunches, taken from the inferior points of the angles of the ilia.
The height of the crupper, viewed laterally, taken from the summit of the posterior angles of the ilia to the point of the patella, the leg being in a state of rest.