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In long narrow-faced horses we sometimes find this 

 obliquity of the eyes, and this is an additional 

 flaw. 



37.— The white of the eye should not be too 

 conspicuous. AVhen too conspicuous it gives to 

 both man and horse a luild stare, and is an almost 

 unfailing sign of mental aberations, which lead to 

 acts which we characterise as vice, such as biting, 

 kicking, &c. The Avhite of the eye is seen, not on 

 account of there being more of it than usual, but on 

 account of the eyelids being wider apart. This con- 

 dition Ig known to doctors as the insane eye^ and is 

 seen by the least observant by attending Divine 

 worship in any lunatic asylum chapel and sitting 

 near the parson. This condition has been so con- 

 nected with viciousness in the horse, that in York- 

 shire it is a common expression among horsemen, 

 " He shows too much of the white of his eye for 

 my money." I would, however, guard you against 

 condemning all horses with this form of eye as 

 vicious, but have a special warranty against vice in 

 purchasing one, and at all times avoid such when 

 you conveniently can. 



38. — The" space between the lower jaws near the 

 top of the neck cannot be too wide, for reasons we 

 have before seen. There is also another reason why 

 the branches of the lower jaw should be wide apart. 

 The top of the windpipe ends in the speaking box 

 called the * larynx.' It is much larger than the 

 remainder of the windpipe, and in men can be seen 



