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The Horse with Over-check. 



In this illustration we see tlie law of curyed line violated. ISTot 

 only is the strap running over the head made unduly consi')icious, 

 but a straight line runnmg thus over an arching neck is as much out 

 of place as a straight pole would be by the side of a bed of roses. 



Again, this straight strap is not only a disfigurement of itself, but 

 it is still further injurious to fine appearance, in consequence of tak- 

 ing the curve from the horse's neck and converting it into a straight 

 line, besides wearing off and breaking to pieces the mane, which in 

 many horses is a leading feature of beauty. 



It will also be seen that the grandeur of the horse's bearing and 

 noble pose of head are all destroyed by this peculiar method of 

 checking which turns the eyes upward and nose outward, and makes 

 the neck apjoear considerably smaller than it really is. 



It is impossible to resort to a device that will more efiectually 

 destroy the handsome appearance of fine horses than does this foolish 

 appliance for raising the horse's head by means of the overcheck. 

 There is no beautiful object in nature but would have its beauty 

 marred by a line that would hold it thus in constrained position. 



