HORSE'S WRISTS AND STIFLES
After Mr. G. P. Male, president of the Royal College of Veterinary Surgeons, had given evidence at the Berkshire Assizes at Reading, Mr. Justice Horridge asked him, "Wilt you tell me something I have always wanted to know?. What ie the object of calling parts of horses by different names from those of corresponding parts of human beings? Why cannot you speak of a horse's knee instead of its etifle?" Mr. Male: I am afraid I cannot tell you that. I suppose it has something to do with antiquity. Counsel: You speak of knees on a horse's front legs, don't you ? Mr. Male: No. Counsel: Oh, I eee. The proper term is still stifle. Mr. Male: No, on the front legs the knees are wrists.
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Auckland Star, Volume LXIII, Issue 207, 1 September 1932, Page 22
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