NECK. 



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to have the necessary power in his fore hmbs, the heavy 

 draught animal will need massive neck muscles (p. 43) 

 to draw them forward. When " cleverness " is essential 

 to a horse, he should have a flexible neck, and should be 

 able to bend and extend it with the utmost facility, so as 

 to use his head and neck as a balancing pole for pre- 

 serving the equilibrium of his body. 



Some extra weight in the neck, apart from that re- 

 quired for the due development of the neck muscles, is 



I'hoto by] 



[Clarence Hailey, Newmarket. 

 Fig. 311. — Mr. Swan's Gamecock. 



no detriment to the usefulness of a cart-horse ; for it 

 will aid him in " throwing weight into the collar." In 

 the saddle horse, on the contrary, it is a great dis- 

 advantage ; because it makes him heavy on his fore- 

 hand, and would consequently render him liable to 

 prematurely wear out his fore legs. In this connection, 

 it is instructive to note that entires, which, as a rule, 

 have much heavier necks than geldings, do not, when 



