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particularly for ladies. Arabian horses canter 

 in a pretty stile, and can, for a short distance, 

 take the start of English racers, but are not 

 equal, in continued exertion, to our blood- 

 horses. They are more inclined to be fat and 

 heavy j and this rotundity is a drawback on 

 their speed and wind. The wideness or 

 openness of a horse's chest causes him to ap- 

 pear more shov/y in the canter and gallop, 

 but for speed it must not be too much so. En- 

 tire horses are always wider in the chest and 

 heavier in the neck and shoulder than geldings; 

 but that arises from the circun:stance of their 

 being stallions j and notv/ithstanding this heavy 

 appearance of their forehand, it does not 

 seem to be any prejudice to their velocity : 

 though such a forehand in a gelding indicates 

 that he has not much speed; but the superior 

 ';trength of the stallion is capable of bearing 

 the additional load of flesh and v/eight of 

 chest. 



Of all the paces of a horse, the fast gallop 

 or racing speed, is the most severe on the ani- 

 mal, and, very properly, is seldom practised. 

 la every other pace, some part of the body or 

 iimbs is at rest while the others are in adion^ 



