3. Very often the length of the body, from the point of the arm to that of the buttock, although for a long time the type of Bourgelat had been set aside as a conventional model, short and massive.[56]
[56] See [p. 265, paragraph 2].
And M. Duhousset adds to this:
‘The drawing that we offer, which has two heads and a half in height and length, is that of a horse which we frequently meet with’ (see [Fig. 107]; see also [p. 279], where we again consider this question of the length of the body of the horse).
‘The crupper, from the point of the haunch to that of the buttock, D, F, is always less than that of the head. This difference varies from 5 to 10 centimetres. The width of the crupper, from one haunch to the other, often very slightly exceeds its length.’ MM. Goubeaux and Barrier add that frequently it equals it.[57]
[57] If we refer to the proportions indicated by Bourgelat, we shall find that the proportions relative to the crupper are also indicated there (see [p. 266, paragraph 4]).
‘The crupper, such as we have just defined it, D, H, may also be found to a fair degree of exactness, as regards length, four times on the same horse.’
1. From the point of the buttock to the inferior part of the stifle, F, P.
2. The width of the neck, a little in front of the withers to a little above the point of the arm, S, X.[58]
[58] MM. Goubeaux and Barrier replace this by the following: ‘The width of neck at its inferior attachment from its insertion into the chest to the origin of the withers, S, X.’ Bourgelat discovered the same proportion (see [p. 266], last line of paragraph 4).