90 CYCLOPEDIA OF LIVp STOCK AND COMPLETE STOCK DOC FOR. 



and they will roll in galloping. It is for this reason that we give the' 

 illustrations, showing the perfect conformation for perfect action. A 

 horse that is good at all gaits, is a horse perfect in his conformation. 

 Ilcncc, a perfectly-formed horse will well repay careful training, for such 

 a one will bring a large price for the time and labor spent upon his edu- 

 cation ; or if it be a mare that is to be kept for show, and later for breed- 

 ing, the labor of training will not have been thrown away 



III. Horses for Diffarent Kinds of "Work. 



Speed and bottom, which indicate the superior bone and muscle of 

 good breeding, combined witlj great lung and heart power, whatever the 

 breed, are whatns desired in a horse. The nearer the animal comes to the 

 llasl rations given, the better will he be for general utility, and measurably 

 so whatever the labor desired. The horse for heavy draft will be coarser, 

 more stocky, heavier in the bone, not so flexible in the limbs, more 

 upright m the shoulder, longer-haired, and perhaps with less courage. 

 Occasionally, however, a thoroughbred makes a first-class work horse, if 

 trained to get down steadily to-the work. This very" flexibility enables 

 him to take a hard and long-continued pull without injury, and it brings 

 the oblique shoulder of the blooded horse straight in the collar. Yet 

 thoroughbred horses are not draft horses, and were never intended to be, 

 though they have imbued nearly every valuable breed existing to-day with 

 some of their best characteristics. 



rv. The Head Illustrated Outwardly. 



The head is the seat of intelligence in all animals, and without intelli- 

 gence we cannot have a good servant. The illustrations on pages 98 

 and 99 show the formation of heads from good to bad. Those on 

 page 98 show the perfectly-formed head of a well-bred horse, present- 

 ing a side and front view, that may be taken as a type constituting perfec- 

 tion, as near as may be. The side view exhibits the head fine and taper- 

 ing to the muzzle, and the chin handsomely developed. The brow is 

 smooth, distinct, and yet not heavily prominent. The eye is large, full, 

 clear, and has a placid, intelligent expression. The ears are fine and flex- 

 ible, rather large, but well pointed, and alive with intelligent motion. 

 The jaw is strong but fine. Observe the musculaiity of the neck, and at 

 the same time, its lines of swelling and delicate grace. Observe especi- 

 ally the manner in which the head is set upon the neck. Again, it will be 

 seen that the face is dished slightly, showing spirit, tempered to intelli- 

 gent tractability 



N(Sw take the front view of the same head. Observe the great smooth 

 swelling forehead looking really broader between the eyes than it is. 

 Why? It will be seen that the eyes are apparently at the sidd of tUs 



