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THE PRACTICAL HORSESHOER. 



and peaked behind. When a horse is both short and peaked 

 behind he isn't to be depended on, many experts agree. 

 Nor, as far as that goes, is he to be depended on unless you 

 can lay your three fingers between his e^^es. The Bard is 



notabl}^ narrow across the lines Z Z (see Fig. 164), and 



remarkably broad in the stifles along the line X. . . ,Y. Eu- 



rus is very deep from the eye line E i^ to the ear line A 



,,,.B (see Fig. 158.) The hollows over a horse's eyes are 



Fig. 166 -Head of Hanover. 



natural and mean nothing in particular, though to an am- 

 ateur they often give a wrong impression that there is some- 

 thing the matter with the animal. Of course a horse shouldn't 

 have such deep hollows that you could carry his feed in 

 them. And while his neck should be muscular there 

 shouldn't be an ounce of superfluous flesh on it. One thing 

 is certain : if a horse doesn't look symmetrical to the expert 

 eye the chances are that he isn't all he ought to be. 



Hanover, the great Hanover, who has won more money 



