come down with his rider. Yet he may be 

 usi'ful in harness, or for agricultural purposes ; 

 and to preserve him as erect as possible on his 

 legs, he should never be shod high behind, nor 

 have his shoes turned up, except in frosty 

 weather, when it cannot be dispensed with. 



The proper position of standing, and into 

 which a good horse will naturally put himself, 

 is, with his fore legs placed well forward, his 

 knees of course straightened, and quite flat on 

 the cap or front of the knee joint, and, as good 

 judges term it, standing on as much ground as 

 possible. When a horse comes fresh out of 

 the stable, he should never incline to stand on 

 any three legs at a time, easing as it were the 

 other, wliich shews tlir.t he feels some pain in 

 it. If he does this after a long journey, when 

 he is fatigued, it is not of much consequence, 

 as it is then done for the purpose of resting 

 himself. The toes of the horse in this position, 

 as before observed, ought to point straight for- 

 ward. Most of tlie Arabian horses stand with 

 their legs a good de?i\ under them. However 

 this is not owing to any natural defect, but to 

 their being tied by the fore feet when young, 

 which gives them this attitude, and which 



