124 THE HORSE. 



Besides the false appearance of age that cautery gives, 

 premature decrepitude and its attendant ills are to be 

 feared and avoided; for, that such ills must follow, is 

 sufficiently clear when we consider how certain it is that 

 the powers of digestion and mastication are impaired if 

 not lost when the teeth are gone. 



This shows the importance of not unnecessarily re- 

 ducing the fullness of the moutli. 



WALL-EYES. 



According to popular rumor wall-eyes never become 

 blind, though how this error has originated it is diffi- 

 cult to see. 



The appearance peculiar to wall-eyes is due to tlie ab- 

 sence of tlie coloring matter of the iris, and therefore, 

 were it true that the colored eye alone was liable to blind- 

 ness, wall-eyes would be the only sound ones; and, in 

 such case. He who has arranged with perfect wisdom 

 everthiug for the good of His creatures would have made 

 them the most prevalent, and not the exception. 



The truth is that such eyes are neither weaker nor 

 stronger than ordinary ones, and are, therefore, Sound. 



And wall-eyes are not considered a Blemish. 



WHITE OF EYES. 



A horse that usually shows much white of the eye, 

 particularly at the front corner, or that nearer to the 

 nose, is, in most cases, hacty and nervous, if not violent, 

 and you may believe, accustomed to ill usage. 



In exceptional instances you will find a mild-tempered 

 horse showing much of the white, owing to the unusual 

 smallness of the iris, but the difference of expression in 

 the two cases is most apparent, the one expressing rage 



