6 THE HORSE. 
South American and Californian horses, immediately after being taken 
with the lasso, are able to carry their riders for sixty or seventy miles on 
end at a fast pace, suffering, of course, from the unaccustomed pressure of 
the saddle, but not otherwise the worse for their exertions. The wall 
and gallop are the only natural paces of the wild horse; the trot and 
canter being acquired, though to some extent exhibited by the domesti- 
cated horse before breaking, and evidently the result of the tendency 
which is always displayed to hand down from one generation to another 
habits which are not natural to the species. 
EXTERNAL FORM, AS INDICATED BY POINTS. 
Tue anatomy of this animal will form the subject of a special division 
of this book, but the external form may now be discussed with propriety. 
By horsemen in general this is considered under certain subdivisions, 
which are called “ points,” and which are severally represented by figures 
in the following outline. 
POINTS OF THE HORSE 
HEAD. FORE-QUARTER. 
I een 8. 8. Shoulder-blade, 
3. Bacenes q 9. Point of shoulder. 
it J g 10. Bosom or breast. 
eo: 11. 11. True-arm. 
De Eoll: 
12. Elbow. 
NECK. 13. Forearm (arm). 
6. 6. Crest. 14. Knee. 
é 
. Thropple or windpipe. 15. Cannon-bone 
