34 THE HORSE IN MOTION. 



to him his matchless beauty, — beauty so great that to the eye of a 

 superficial observer it is difficult to decide whether it is subordinate to 

 strength or conversel)'. Both are developed in a perfect horse to such 

 a degree that he has been a favorite theme of poets and painters since 

 aesthetic culture has had a place in the history of our race. 



Numerous instances might be referred to where use has been sacri- 

 ficed to economy of space and to beauty; but they cannot fail to occur 

 to the mind of the anatomist ; and it is premature to introduce them in 

 this place for the general reader. 



