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they are adapted : but there are certain points of form, and certain quah- 

 fications, which being of general use, they ought to possess in common: 

 and if we do not begin with good models, we have no right to expect 

 that we shall conclude with good forms and qualities. Like produceth 

 like- and we shall generally succeed, in proportion to the perfections of 

 the individuals put together ; when those are in a high degree, much 

 may be expected. 



The HEAD of both stallion and mare should be lean and well, that is 

 not abrupdy, set on. The EVES clear and full; the ears erect, not pen- 

 dulous. The neck or crest arched or fullest above. The shoulders ca- 

 pacious, if of a saddle-horse, in depth and extent; the forehand 

 rising and tapering at the summit; if of a Horse of slow draught, in 

 fulness and substance. The back should be nearly straight, in a line 

 with the tail, and that corresponding fairly in height with the back. 

 The tail being set on low, gives the animal a very awkward appearance. 

 The loins or fillets should be broad, and well filled, and by no means 

 sinking ; and this substance of the loin is still more requisite in the 

 case of a length of waist, or much room between the ribs and the 

 hip-bones. The buttocks of the saddle-horse should be dee|) and oval, 

 or counter, like the shoulder; those of the draught horse, full, round 

 and raised at the summits. The carcase large without swagging, the 

 body sufficiently rounded to approach the. line of beauty. The legs 

 should not be too long, particularly below the knee, of which the eye, 

 comprehending the body as a whole, must judge. By the same rule 

 of judgment, legs too short, may be a defect, even in a cart-horse, as 

 rendering the motions of the animal laborious and slow, particularly if 

 the waist be short also; but when there is length of waist, the case is 

 materially changed, whether in the Cart-horse or Racer. The thighs 

 and fore-arms should be full and muscular, and here length is advan- 

 tageous; but in these parts it is, where cart and common bred Horses 

 are generally defective. The angle made by the hock, should bring 

 the hinder feet sufficient under the loins, since the leaving his legs behind 

 him, is one of the plainest tokens of weakness in a Horse. The quar- 

 ters should be of sufficiently extent to remove the hinder feet, at least to 

 a greater distance between them, than that occupied by the fore feet ; 



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