CHAPTER VI. 



THE POINTS OF THE HORSE. 



CONFORMATION, ACTION, COLOR, SOUNDNESS, MEASURING, SEX 



AND MANNERS. 



U NFORTUNAT ELY 



it is not within the 

 scope of every per- 

 son's accomplish- 

 ments to become a 

 judge of a horse, but 

 it is quite possible for 

 any intelligent and 

 persevering individ- 

 ual to acquire suffi- 

 cient technical in- 

 formation to advantageously exercise a negative voice in 

 making a purchase. As such knowledge has its limitations 

 clearly defined, it is not that which constitutes the proverbial 

 dangerous amount of little learning. 



There are certain qualifications that are common to all 

 first-class horses, which in principle are as applicable to the 

 hunter or coach horse as to the Shetland pony ; in fact, they 

 are found in good horses of all types. These points are 

 correct proportion, quality and manners. In describing con- 

 formation it is necessary to resort to technical terms, and to 

 make the meaning of these clear an explanatory diagram of 

 the horse is given. 



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