THE HORSE. 127 



Used Horses. 



The used horse, as has been before remarked, may be 

 sound so he may show signs of having been well 

 ridden, and well tutored, and yet not move in his old 

 wonted style, jauntily and gracefully. 



In such case, nothing but long-continued rest and 

 2jood feeding will bring back the devil-may-care, lack- 

 sorrow step and manner which he certainly once pos- 

 sessed. Recollecting great fatigues that he has under- 

 gone, and speculating on the probability of his having 

 to exert all his powers, he carefully husbands his 

 resources. He retains that manner of stepping with 

 the least fatigue to himself, which experience has 

 taught him. 



Low-Action, or Daisy-Cutting, or Going near the 

 Ground. 



Fever in the feet produces in horses low and un- 

 graceful action : until that is cured, the horse is 



UNSOUND. 



When such low action is produced by the muscles 

 being over-strained, until, by perfect rest, or by proper 

 physicking, the horse is restored, he is UNSOUND. 



But the manner of skimming over the ground 

 peculiar to our blood horses (occasionally to such an 



