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is longer. The length should therefore be great 

 from the point of the shoulder to the hinder- 

 most point of the quarter ; and then, if with this 

 long quarter added to a good oblique slanting 

 shoulder, the fore-legs are planted well forward, 

 and the hind-legs properly dropped, there will 

 be observable that " shortness above and length 

 below" so much sought after; in other words, 

 there will be a long horse with a short back. 

 The reverse of this, a short horse with a long 

 back, is shown in the frontispiece. So, the true 

 meaning of a long horse being length from the 

 point of the shoulder to the hindermost point 

 of the quarter, it is very possible to have a long 

 horse with a short neck also, which, if light, and 

 with a curve where the head is set on, will do 

 admirably for a racer : or to have a short horse 

 with a long neck, which is more adapted for 

 a charger or hunter. 



THE SHOULDER AND CHEST. 



The shoulder must run back with a good slant; 

 and then, if the withers rise a full inch above the 

 top of the shoulder-blade, it will not be found 

 too heavily laden. It has been asserted, by both 

 Europeans and natives who have been best con- 



