COMMON HORSE. 4'J.i 



3. " The height ot' the body should be equal to 

 its length: the height of Kclipse exceeded his 



h by about out- truth. 



4. ' A |x rpcndicular line tailing from the stifle 

 .siiould touch the tor : this line in J'.elipsc louche d 

 the ground at the distance of half a head he. 

 the t 



5. " The distance from the elbow to the hend 

 of the knee, >bo;dd hi- the .same as from the IxMid 

 of the knee to the ground : thc.se two distances 



unequal in Kclip-c, tlir former heing two 

 parts of a head longer than the latter. 



innuiry comparison shews, that the 

 beauty of a HOIM eannot be absolutely (i 

 mined by general rules, but n r he in rela- 



tion to a paiticlar vpeeiex " 



Mon.'i. Sainbel further informs us. that, ** on 

 the O.ilh of l ; ehruary, \' t > ( )< Eclipse \\as M i/ed 

 uifii a violent eholie. '1 he lemedit.s acknou 



ost j>rojicr in that ease \\ere admin i- 



1, but without effect iii ixpind on tne 



t/ti i u o'clock in the evening, in the l J(>th 



In Mi>i -. s >i!iiiii! > edition of liutVon maybe 



MU merat ion of all the dift't 

 of which horses ;n with th 



ral -hades and names. On this subject also 

 ner and Aldiovaiulus have given the usual < 

 merations: iuguKrai. however, it s-ms agreed, 

 that tlu- colour is one of the least important attri- 

 butes; according to the well-kno\vn doctrine, 

 now passed into a pro\ub. that a good hoi 



