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energy will shrink, though possessed of greater 

 physical strength. 



I will conclude this chapter with observing that 

 horses having long pasterns, have usually a 

 lumbering, lolloping action, neither fast nor plea- 

 sant ; on the other hand, those which have pasterns 

 unusually upright, are stiff and jolting in their 

 motion. Both extremes should be avoided ; the 

 former defect is more common in high-bred horses, 

 and the latter is frequently indicative of a disease 

 called the ring-bone, especially if accompanied by 

 high and perpendicular heels. Of the two faults, 

 it is considered the most objectionable. 



