16 THE HOESE. 



stitutions, whilst the latter as often indicate fineness of 

 texture and capacity for endiu-ance. 



To the part of the head, between the eyes and the 

 ears, which is occupied by the brain, I, as a phrenolo- 

 gist, and from practical observation, attribute very 

 great importance. I have never yet seen a horse with 

 a sweet temper and tractable disposition that was very 

 flat, or hollow, in the part of the forehead which lies 

 immediately under the front strap of the bridle, pro- 

 vided, at the same time, he was unusually wide be- 

 tween the ears. A horse of this description will be 

 savage, sulky, and ill to train. You will be constantly 

 teaching him, and after all he is never properly taught. 

 C I know (1848) a stallion with this defect, and he has 

 transmitted it to all his progeny which have come un- 

 der my observation. They are mostly all manageable 

 to a certain extent, but I never saw one of them 

 brought to have a comfortable, silky, gentle disposi- 

 tionjk On the other hand, a horse vdth. a moderate 

 breadth of cro^vn, and a very prominent forehead at 

 the region of the brain, will be good-natm-ed, kindly, 

 and docile. He can be taught anything, and when 

 once trained, he is trained for life. Hence the neces- 

 sity of teaching him gently and carefully at first, as 

 the habits which he may happen to acquire at the start 

 are seldom ever eradicated. Let it be particularly ob- 

 served, however, that an extremely naiTow skull is by 

 no means deskable, as the horse would then be so timid, 



