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Tbe Horse witb OTer-clieck. 



In this illustration we see the law of curved line violated. Kot 

 only la the strap running over the head made unduly conspicious, 

 but a straight line running 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 convertmg 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 appear considerably smaller than it really ia. 



It is impossible tc resort to a device that will more effectually 

 destroy the handsome appearance of fine horses than does this foolish 

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

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

 Duurred by a line that would hold it thus in constrained ^sitiou. 



