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should be diverging so as to make room for the 

 throat. 



We all wish our horse to look as stylish as pos- 

 sible, the same time we want him to be light in 

 hand. This can only be the case if the horse is able 

 to arch his neck ; consequently there must be the 

 necessary space for the throat to slip in between 

 the jaws. 



A horse with ixirallel or converging jaws, will never 

 be able, in spite of all bitting bridles, to give in his 

 nose, as, in trying to do so, the edges of the jawbones 

 press against the neck, squeezing in the glands 

 and causiDg the horse intolerable pain. These 

 glands are situated just under and inside of those 

 edges, and, if cramped in, the free circulation of the 

 blood is stopped, and, as they are also in connection 

 with the eyes, such pressure frequently causes a 

 rush of blood to the eyes or to the brain, followed 

 by the horse running away, rearing, plungiug, boriug 

 on the hand, etc. Many an accident could be traced 

 back to such malformation. Thoroughbreds show 

 this conformation very frequently, but, as in run- 

 ning, they are allowed to stretch their neck, it does 

 not matter. 



Adding to this malformation, a tight buckled 

 throatlash, as we almost invariably find with 

 saddle, as well as with carriage horses, it is simply 



