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i2th. The eyelids must be thin, delicate, evenly and 

 uniformly curved along the borders, and fringed by an 

 abundance of strong, prominent and well directed lashes. 



Puffiness or swelling betrays inflammation, dropsy, anaemia, 

 parasitism or other disorder, angularity of the upper lid an in- 

 ternal ophthalmia, and depilation or wrong direction of the lashes, 

 local disease. 



13th. The eye should respond instantly, by movement, to 

 new objects and noises, ^vithout showing undue irritability 

 or restlessness. The intelligent apprehension 0/ the objects 

 will introduce an aspect of calmness and docility. 



DEFKCTS, BIvEMISHES AND ABNORMAUTIES OF THE 

 HORSE'S EYE. 



Some of these may be present in the absence of actual disease, 

 and yet prove so objectionable that they disqualify the animal for 

 any use, in which style or aesthetic appearance is demanded. 

 Among such sources of disqualification may be noted : 



ist. The small eye. One or both eyes may appear small 

 because of internal pain and retraction within their sockets, or 

 from actual atrophy or contraction of the eyeball, the result of deep 

 seated disease, or the organ may be congenitally small, and deep 

 seated in the orbit, and the thick tardy ej^elids may have a narrow 

 opening through which they can onl}' be partially .seen. This 

 last condition usually implies a dull lymphatic constitution, low 

 breeding and a lack of intelligence, docility and vigor. 



2d. The semi-closed eye with thick, coarse, sluggish lids. 

 In this case the bulb may be not unduly small, yet as it is not 

 freely exposed it conveys the same general expression to the ob- 

 server. Like the small eye it indicates low breeding, lack of in- 

 telligence or docility and often stubbornness or even vice. 



3d. The convex eye. In this the transparent cornea des- 

 cribes the arc of an undul}' small circle, suggesting a conical form 

 and projecting unduly beyond the margins of the lids. It implies 

 imperfect vision, myopia, and, it is alleged, low breeding and lack 

 of alertness. 



