46 PARK RIDING. 



PAEK HOKSE. 



A Park horse should be of middling size, full 

 of spirit and action, with good feet and legs, and 

 shoulders very easy and supple. He cannot 

 possess too much breeding and courage; he 

 should be quiet, safe, and steady, and well taught 

 to stand, walk, trot, gallop, passage, back, and 

 stop, and should not be under five years old, and 

 with long mane and tail. Length and breeding 

 are very essential ; thin mane and tail with good 

 motion and well raised neck. He should carry 

 his head on a level with his body, and possess 

 elegancy and brilliancy of action, and be ridden 

 with the greatest ease and exactness, making him 

 display the most elegant attitudes, and to be able 

 to move forward, backward, or sideways. His 

 mouth should be sensible and tender, light and 

 loyal — it ought to be a fine fresh mouth. 



