CHAPTER VI 

 HOW TO SELECT A HORSE 



TN selecting a horse — or a wife, for that matter — 

 •*• do not be satisfied until you can please both your 

 judgment and your fancy. Trust largely to first im- 

 pressions. If your first impression is unfavorable, 

 reject the horse without further scrutiny, for you will 

 never be satisfied with him. But if you take a fancy 

 to him at first sight, look him over carefully to make 

 sure that he has no serious defect or fault. 



The most important part of a horse is his head, for 

 that shows what his inward qualities are, and in a 

 horse, as in a man, the inward qualities are more 

 important than the outward. A horse with a good 

 head always turns out better, and a horse with a bad 

 head always turns out worse than you expected. This 

 is true no matter how much or how little you expected. 

 All great horses have had fine heads. " Flora 

 Temple," said her old groom, William Cunningham, 

 "had a remarkably good head, clean at the throttle, 

 and the expression of her hazel eyes was something 

 one will never forget." Maud S., Lou Dillon, Bingen, 

 and other famous horses have had the same expression 

 of intelligence and will power. 



The character of a horse always shows itself in his 

 eyes. Choose the horse with a large, serene eye, well 

 set out on the side of his head. Stupid horses have 



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