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having been kept in a state of permanent distension by 

 disease of the kings or air-passages. The muzzle ought 

 to be fine a good way up, and then the parts should 

 enlarge suddenly, in order to give plenty of breadth to 

 the under- jaw, as well as thickness from side to side. 

 This is a point of gi-eat beauty, as it gives breadth to 

 the jaw-blade and breadth from eye to eye, whilst the 

 fineness of the head generally is maintained. A head 

 that is naiTow between the eyes, and nan'ow on the 

 side of the jaw, is painfully disagreeable to the eye of 

 eveiy judge. The space between the two blades of the 

 under- jaw ought to be so broad and so deep, as to freely 

 admit the lower edge of the neck when the chin is 

 reined in towards the counter ; but it should not be 

 wider than this, as it would then appear coarse. If 

 there is sufficient room in this locaHty, the horse can be 

 reined up to the proper pitch without stopping up his 

 windpipe. The face^ on a side view, should be dipped in 

 the centre between the eyes and the nose. This is ge- 

 nerally the case in the Ai'abian and English blood-horse, 

 and it is a much more beautiful formation than either 

 the straight or convex profile. However ornamental it 

 may be to the human face, a Roman nose certainly 

 does not improve the appearance of the horse. The 

 line of beauty in the one case is very different from the 

 other. A dish-faced horse is admu-ed on all hands, 

 but a pug-nosed man, with a projecting, upturned chin, 

 will have some difficulty in caiTying off the prize for 



