Fig. 107.—Proportions of the Horse (after Colonel Duhousset).
We join thereto also certain indications furnished by MM. A. Goubeaux and G. Barrier,[50] distinguishing these latter by the initials (G. and B.) of their authors ([Fig. 107]).
[50] Armand Goubeaux and Gustave Barrier, ‘De l’extérieure du Cheval,’ Paris, 1882.
The length of the head almost exactly equals:
1. Depth from the back to the belly, N, O,[51] the thickness of the body.[52]
[51] Look for the points indicated by these letters on [Fig. 107], which is related to the proportions which are here discussed.
[52] The proportion previously indicated by Bourgelat (see [p. 265, paragraph 3]).
2. From the summit of the withers to the point of the arm, H, E.
3. From the superior fold of the stifle to the point of the ham, J′, J.