CARRIAGE OF HEAD. 



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The harness horse has to put on his forehand an extra 

 amount of weight proportionate to the load he has to draw. 



CARRIAGE AND ACTION OF THE HEAD AND NECK OF THE 

 HORSE WHEN HE IS IN MOTION. 



When the horse takes a stride to the front, the fore limb 

 is drawn forward and upward by certain muscles of the neck, 



Fig. 3. Trotting. 



the action of which is regulated by the depression or eleva- 

 tion of the head. If the head be unduly raised, the forward 

 reach of the fore legs will be curtailed by this high attitude, 

 and the speed will consequently suffer. If, on the contrary, 

 the head be brought down too low, the animal, if at the 

 gallop or canter, instead of " going level," will have a more 

 or less pitching motion, from too much weight being thrown 



