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the parts should enlarge suddenly, in order to give 

 plenty of breadth to the under-jaw, as well as thickness 

 from side to side. This is a point of great beauty, as it 

 gives breadth to the jaw-blade, and breadth from eye 

 to eye, whilst the fineness of the head generally is 

 maintained. A head that is narrow between the eyes, 

 and narrow on the side of the jaw, is painfully disagree- 

 able to the eye of every judge. The space between the 

 two blades of the under-jaw ought to be so broad and 

 so deep as to freely admit the lower edge of the neck 

 when the chin is reined in towards the counter ; but it 

 should not be wider than this, as it would then appear 

 coarse. If there is sufficient room in this locality, the 

 horse can be reined up to the proper pitch without 

 stopping up his windpipe. The face^ on a side-view, 

 should be dipped in the centre between the eyes and 

 the nose. This is generally the case in the Arabian and 

 Enoflish blood-horse ; and it is a much more beautiful 

 formation than either the straight or convex profile. 

 However ornamental it may be to the human face, a 

 Roman nose certainly does not improve the appearance 

 of the horse. The line of beauty in the one case is 

 very diffiirent from the other. A dish-faced horse is 

 admired on all hands ; but a pug-nosed man, with a pro- 

 jecting, upturned chin, will have some difficulty in car- 

 rying off the prize for beauty. The face must be very 

 broad between the eyes ; but it should taper a little as it 

 approaches the ears. If the breadth is carried all the 

 way upwards, the top of the head will be too wide, the 



