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wide when put into action. The jaw-bones 

 ought to stand wide behind, close to the neck, 

 in order that the windpipe and small of the 

 neck may faU in between them, which gives 

 him the power of carrying his head in a grace- 

 ful manner without interruption to breathing. 



A small head will never deceive the judge- 

 ment. On such a head the ears are compact, 

 and their motion quick and sprightly The eye 

 is full, rather roundish, and of a fiery red; and 

 ill v/inking, the eyelids move with rapidity, 

 which shews that the horse is in high health 

 and spirits, and of good courage. The eye of 

 a sluggish horse is always more long than 

 round, heavy, and shev/s little of the v/hite, 

 which has a dull reddish cast,, and tlie motion 

 of the eyelids is very slow; their ears are heavy, 

 loose, and insensible to noises of any kind. 



When a horse is ill, his eye becomes faint 

 and half closed, and he is altogether spiritless 

 and dull. The heads of horses are variously 

 set on, which is chiefly owing to the formation 

 of the neck. Some necks fall away at the 

 withers, and so on towards the ears. These 

 are called goat-necked-, star-gazers are such 

 as throw their face quite upwards towards the 



