100 HOESES AND EIDING. 



whicli have an element in determining their value : 

 colour, action, and temper. I need not observe that 

 a horse's value depends in a great measure on his 

 symmetry; but, beyond saying that a S}Tnmetrical 

 horse is always more valuable than an unsymme- 

 trical horse, I need not take it into account. 



Taking, therefore, these three qualities, size, 

 strength, and beauty, the most valuable horse is 

 one which possesses all three, and the least valuable 

 is one which does not possess any of the three. Of 

 horses which only possess two of these qualities I 

 should place one having size and strength first, 

 strength and beauty second, and size and beauty 

 third. 



Of those only having one of these qualities I 

 should place strength first, beauty second, size third. 

 I give here an instance of each : — 



Size, strength, and beauty . Large, good-looking hunter or carriage 



horse. 

 . Ditto, without good looks, 

 . Handsome weight-carrying cob. 



Light weight hunter or harness horse. 

 . Ordinary-looking weight -carrying cob. 

 . Good-looking light weight hack. 

 . Cab. 



Size and strength 

 Strength and beauty 

 Size and beauty 

 Strength . 

 Beauty 

 Size . 



As regards the other three qualities, colour, ac- 

 tion, and temper, they may be summed up by saying 

 that colour is very much a matter of taste, a horse 

 with good action is always more valuable than a 

 horse with bad action, and a horse with a good temper 



