LESSONS IN HORSE JUDGING. 53 



above and for the efficient setting of the mass- 

 ive grinders. 



3:1:. — Length of head is not of such importance. 

 It cannot well be too short so far as the chief 

 requisites are concerned. When we find very- 

 narrow faces, we frequently find length of face 

 great. 



35.— The so-called forehead of a horse is the 

 space bounded below by a straight line drawn be- 

 tween the eyes, above by roots of the hair of the 

 forelock, and at the sides by the large muscles 

 which lift the lower against the upper one. The 

 breadth of the forehead depends upon the 

 breadth between the eyes and the size of these 

 muscles. It is almost impossible to judge the 

 size of the brain in the living horse by breadth of 

 forehead. Size of brain is no index of character 

 in either horse or man. In either case, we can 

 only judge of a brain by the quality and quantity 

 of the thought, and so forth, it produces, so that 

 we need not dwell further on the physical aspects 

 of the head. 



36. — The eyes should be as large as possible, 

 and not be obliquely set in the face as in the Chi- 

 nese. In long, narrow-faced horses we some- 

 times find this obliquity of the eyes, and this 

 is an additional flaw. 



37. — The white of the eye should not be too 

 conspicuous. When too conspicuous it gives to 

 both man and horse a wild stare, and is an almost 

 unfailing sign of mental aberrations, which lead 

 to acts which we characterise as vice, such as 

 biting, kicking, &c. The white of the eye is 



