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fat neck is called a pig-neck, wKicli denotes 

 hardness of the mouth, and stubbornness of 

 temper. When the neck of a horse falls away 

 from the ears to the withers, and he has no 

 crest, it is called a goat-neck, camel-neck, &c. 

 and it is reckoned ugly. Such necks awell out 

 greatly under the windpipe, and seem to be 

 turned upside down, as the curve which ought 

 to be above is underneath. 



The neck cannot be too light at the small or 

 setting on of the head j and it ought to increase 

 gradually, until it arrive at the upper part of 

 the fore-thighs or arms, and fall in flat with 

 the shoulders. 



What has been said on this subject alludes 

 to the necks of mares and geldings only. The 

 neck of an entire horse is generally more fleshy 

 and muscular; but even some of these are 

 much handsomer in this part than others, and 

 not too thick, or too much loaded with spongy 

 flesh. 



