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work for which he is intended. He should carry his head 

 and neck particularly well ; because his rider, owing to 

 the nature of her seat, cannot keep her hands low down. 

 His fore-hand should be inclined to be high, so that his 

 paces may be easy. His withers should not be high and 

 thin ; for if they are, they will be liable to be galled on 

 the off side by the saddle. For obvious reasons, he 

 should be up to at least a stone more weight than if 

 intended for a man. 



The Cavalry Trooper. — The ideal cavalry horse 

 should (if price has not to be considered) be of the heavy 

 weight (Fig. 433) or thick-set (Fig. 322) hunter type. His 

 chief requirements as regards conformation are as 

 follows : — 



1. That he should be up to the weight he has got to 

 carry, which is usually about 18 stone. But he should 

 on no account be too heavily topped for his legs, or for 

 the work he will be called upon to do. His loins, there- 

 fore, should be strong, his shoulder-blades long, and his 

 legs should be as short as is compatible with the posses- 

 sion of sufficient speed for military purposes. 



2. His legs and feet should be particularly sound 

 and well able to stand work. As he will be called upon at 

 times to go fast and to leap ; his back tendons should be 

 more or less parallel with the cannon bone, and he should 

 have no tendency to undue width of fetlock (p. 282, et seq.). 



3. His fore-hand should be light, so that his legs and 

 feet may continue sound, and that he may be able to do 

 his school work properly. 



4. He should have a good carriage of the head and 

 neck, so that he may be obedient to the rein. 



5. He should be a " good doer," and have a strong 

 constitution, which will usually be the case with a horse 

 that has a bright eye ; soft, cool skin ; deep rounded 

 barrel (pp. 232 to 236); full Hank ; firm, prominent anus ; 

 and is well ribbed up. 



