OUTWARD APPEARANCE OF THE HORSE. 



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II. Past "Walking Horses. 

 It IS seldom one sees a hOrse that will walk four and a half or five 

 miles an hour in regular 1-2-3-4 time, nodding his head in cadence. Yet 

 unv horse that conforms to the configuration shown in the cuts hereafter 



criven^inTthis chapter may easily be taught to do it, either under the sad- 

 die or in harness. Some horses may be taught to walk six miles an hour, 

 but they are rare. As a rule, fast-^walking horses may be taught to trot 

 fast, thouo-h some fast-walking horses are too broad-chested, to trot fast, 



