i8 OBSERVATIONS. 



To conftitute that uniformity the head and 

 ears (hould both be fmall and ihort, with, a 

 large full eye and open extended noftril; a 

 long well proportioned neck, rifing gradually 

 upon the withers, forming what is generally 

 termed ^^ a fine forehand," having great depth 

 from thence to the point of the breaft, which 

 being wide affords ample proof oi firengthy as 

 does the neceffary declination of the flioulder 

 (or blade bone) to the point of the withers 

 another oi fpeed. This combination forms a 

 well made horfe before, which is continued to 

 the remaining parts of the frame, by the backs 

 being fhort and even, not Ji?2king at all in the 

 loins, or rijtng higher behind^ upon what is 

 termed " the crupper bone-,'* the carcafe fliould 

 be round, and well ribbed up to the hip bones, 

 (forming as trifling a hollownefs or concavity 

 in the flank as poflibje) thefe being by no 

 means pointedly prominent. The legs (hould 

 not be too long for the height of the horfe, but 

 fhort in the joints, and particularly fo upon 

 the pafterns, 



Thefe inftrudionsrcfpeflingyZjj^^', make, and 



figure y will (with very few exceptions) prove 



leading traits to the neceffary and defirable qua- 



4 lifications. 



