Re: RC: 8" per 1000 lb

[Lif Strand <fasterhorses@gilanet.com>]

I was using a string & then measuring that against marks on on an
envelope.  In the email message to the original woman I told her to
figure 1/4" plus or minus.  I don't have any soft measuring tapes, just
metal, so the string seemed to be the way to go.  I'm not sure how
important cannon size is, anyway - smaller but denser bones seem to me
to be better than bigger, less dense ones.  And of course, what good is
a big cannon measurement if it represents measurement of the top of a
tied-in tendon, or a swollen tendon?  I think for the numbers to be
meaningful, one would have to measure just below the knee and also just
above the fetlock.  If *those* are the same, then that would mean
something.

I measured Nasrif's and Koko's 5 times to be sure.  Each time I did get
some variation, so I averaged the number.  People have always commented
on the size of Nas' legs.  Lif

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