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THE PRACTICAL HORSESHOER. 



with even that of Eurus, whose expression is scarcely com- 

 patible with beaut^^ Compared with the Barcl of Hn nover, 

 Proctor Knott's ''plainness" becomes absolutely plain. 

 His color is a mealy chestnut. The broad blaze widening- out 

 over his nose does not enhance his looks. He is not wide 



across the eyes on the line E i^(see Fig-. 158), nor is his 



brain pan, shown by C D, to be capacious. 



Reading a horse's character from his head is like trying 

 to read a man's character from his face. Nine times 



Fig. 162— Angle of Body and Forelegs. 



out of ten it may be all right. The other and tenth time it 

 may be so widely and utterly wrong as to upset the entire 

 theory. But it's the same way with men. When a crime 

 requires intellect, skill and discretion for its execution it 

 doesn't necessarily brand ''criminal " on the man who does 

 it. It's your brute crimes which so unmistakably stamp their 

 impression on their perpetrators. All signs fail in dry weath- 

 er. But 3^ou want your horse to have big nostrils and to 

 be wide between the e3^es. There is no doubt of that. 

 And of course you want him to " fork close, '^ The angle, 



