4 CONFORMATION OF THE HORSE. 



pedigree stock have usually hair of this description. 

 The term " lop " or " lob " eared is appHed when 

 the ears are large and coarse, and carried in a 

 sluggish manner, as though the animal had not 

 proper control of its ears. The eyes should be full 

 and prominent, and in Welsh ponies, a prominent 

 eye is characteristic of the breed. Small, concealed, 

 sunken eyes, are very often indicative of a vicious 

 temperament, and anyone who has studied the 

 expression of a horse's eyes, can usually glean 

 information regarding the animal's character. In 

 Shire horses, the forehead should be broad, the 

 muzzle fine, and have a tassel of hair ; this is a 

 characteristic of the true Shire. In all ponies the 

 head should be small, and clean in its outline. When 

 the lower and posterior borders of the jaws are thick, 

 together with coarse hair growing therefrom, one 

 may take this as indicative of inferior breeding. 

 In Clydesdale horses, also in some Shires, there is 

 a strip of white extending up the face. This is the 

 so-called " blaze " or " ratch." 



The Neck. 



A well-developed neck is an essential point 

 of beauty. No neck, no horse. Many horses are 

 very " weedy " in the region of the neck, and a 



