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reasoning in The Bard's face. His head is small and his 

 mouth is so dainty that he could almost drink out of a pint 

 cup. His head is short, and the brain measure across C. . . . 

 D (see Fig\ 158) is not so great as in Eurus. Across the line 

 ^. ... i^, between the eyes, the Bard's head is very wide, 

 and his eyes are big, brown and gentle. The Bard's leg is 

 his great beaut}^ His hind leg is one of the finest known. 

 It is as thin as one's hand and as solid and heavy as ivory. 

 There is no porosity or weakness about it. The depth 



Fig. 165— The Bard. 



through the chest on the line T T (Fig. 162), is very great 



in the Bard. 



The creature is deceptive in appearance. He has to be 

 analyzed for his fine points to be appi-eciated. He has both 

 bottom and speed. He is tall to the point of legginess and 

 unusually short from shoulder to cropper. Eurus has very 

 broad quarters from hip bone to w^hirlbone, the Bard onl^^ 

 medium. Most people like a broad quarter for a horse. 

 Some good horses are broad behind and others are large 



