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THE HORSE 



he becomes inured to fatigue, and is able to make long journeys, without 

 the training which the domesticated animal requires. Thus the South 

 American and Californian horses, as soon as caught, are able to carry their 

 riders for sixty or seventy miles on end at a fast pace, suflfering, of course, 

 from the unaccustomed pressure of the saddle, but not otherwise the worse 

 for their exertions. The walk and gallop are the only natural paces of the 

 wild horse ; the trot and canter being acquired, though to some extent 

 exhibited by the domesticated horse before breaking, and evidently the 

 result of the tendency which is always displayed to hand down from one 

 generation to another habits which are not natural to the species. 



Most half-bred as well as cart-colts inherit the trot to such an extent, 

 that when approaching an unaccustomed object in which they are suddenly 

 interested, they will fall into that pace as an intermediate one between 

 walking and galloping. 



EXTERNAL FORM, AS INDICATED BY POINTS 



The anatomy of this animal will form the subject of a special division of 

 this book, but the external form may now be discussed with propriety. By 

 horsemen in general this is considered under certain subdivisions, which 

 are called " points," and which are severally represented by figures in the 

 following outline. 



POINTS OF THE HORSE. 



1. JIiuz'o. 



2. NosLiil. 



Toll. 



3. Fori'lieal. 



4. Jaw. 



