108 WARRANTY OF 



Upright Shoulders. 



Horses may be sound and yet be unsafe to ride. 



Amongst these are such as have upright shoulders, 

 which result in some instances from bent legs. 



Horses of this kind are in this respect perfectly 

 sound, as much as the blind horse is ; for in the former, 

 as well as the latter case, the defect is plainly visible. 

 Although an upright-shouldered horse is considered 

 unsound in so far as regards his capabilities as a 

 hunter, he is, nevertheless, able to do harness-work, 

 without inconvenience or danger, and, as long as he is 

 kept for that kind of work only, is SOUND. 



Many writers contend upright shoulders are necessary 

 to even first-class draught. I differ from them. ^ But 

 the horse being misplaced does not render him unsound. 



In thus alluding to his unfitness for hunting purposes, 

 I take an extreme of upright shoulders : though there 

 is danger in every degree of this make, that is, in every 

 graduation, from the oblique or perfect contour, down to 

 extreme and most faulty deformity. 



Therefore, horses with upright shoulders are, properly 

 speaking, suitable for harness-work only ; the nearer 

 the shoulders approach to uprightness, the greater is 

 the decrease in the horse's speed, until at length he 

 is qualified of slow carts only ; so long as he has speed 

 enough left in him for his required labour, he is well 



