ON THE HORSE IN GENERAL. Ill 



Full, and fomewhat prominent ; eye-lids thin 

 and dry ; ears thin, narrow, erecl, of middling 

 length, and not diftant from each other ; fore- 

 head flat, not too large or fquare, and running 

 nearly in a ftraight line, to the muzzle, which 

 mould be fmall and fine ; noflrils capacious ; 

 lips thin ; mouth of fufficient depth, and the 

 tongue not too large ; the jaw-bones wide at 

 top, where they join the neck ; the head not 

 abruptly affixed to the extremity of the neck, 

 but with a moderate curve and tapering of the 

 latter. 



The neck muft be of moderate, not too 

 great length, nor too thick and grofs on the 

 upper part, nor too large and deep, but rifing 

 from the withers or forehand, and afterwards 

 declining and tapering at the extremity, it will 

 form fomewhat of an arch ; underneath, the 

 neck (hould be ftraight from the cheft, and 

 by no means convex, or bellying out. 



The shoulders capacious, and of large 

 extent, fo as to appear the moft confpicuous 

 part of the body, but without being loaded 

 with flefh ; they fliould reach fairly to the top 

 of the withers, which muft be well raifed ; the 

 cheft {hould be fufficiently full, not narrow or 

 pinched. 



The body deep and fubftantial ; back a 

 plane of good width, but handfomely rounded ; 

 back-bone ftraight, or with a trifling inclination, 



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