CHAPTER YI. 



ABILITY TO CARET WEIGHT. 



A MAN who lias experience can form an opinion of 

 what weight a horse will carry, by looking* him over, 

 although even then, I believe, men of good judgment 

 often make great mistakes in the comparative ability 

 of horses to carry weight. 



As I said before, if two horses are both sym- 

 metrical the biofo^est horse will be the stronorest; 

 and the big'gest horse means the one there is the 

 most of, taking him altogether. 



Of two horses, therefore, in similar condition as 

 to fatness, the heaviest horse is the biggest, and the 

 bio^c^est is the strons^est. 



Therefore the proper way to ascertain the strength 

 of a horse is to iveigh him, making a certain allow- 

 ance for the condition he is in. 



As a rough-and-ready rule, if a horse, well- formed 

 and in fair hunting condition, is weighed, he will be 

 found able to carry about nineteen per cent, of his 

 own weight ; that is, a horse to carry fourteen stone 



