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by a judicious raising and placing of his head and 

 neck. Let us endeavor to find out how this may be 

 done without depriving the animal of liberty of ac- 

 tion. 



If first the fore and then the hind limbs of a 

 horse are placed on a sensitive weighing-machine, 

 it will be found that the forehand is heavier than the 

 hind-quarters; should the animal hold his neck 

 horizontal so that the head is vertical the excess is 

 increased according to the length of the neck and 

 the size of the head Exhaustive weighing ex- 

 periments, carried out in England and on the Con- 

 tinent, prove that from 14 to 28 lbs. weight is taken 

 ofT the fore-legs by raising the head from the ver- 

 tical position to a higher one, at which the front 

 of the face makes an angle of 45 degrees with the 

 ground. The head of the horse alone weighs from 

 40 to 50 lbs. 



Other interesting points to be gleaned from 

 horse- weighing experiments are that about 66% of 

 the rider's weight is carried on the forelegs if he 

 sits upright, and that if the forehand is weighed 

 with the mian leaning well forward and then leaning 

 well back, there will be a difference of weight of 



