HORSES. 



TERMS DENOTING THE EXTERNAL FARTS OF THE HORSE. 



1. Muzzle. 



2. Race. 



3. Forehead. 



4. Poll. 



5. Crest. 



6. Jowl. 



7. Gullet. 



8. Windpipe. 



9. Point of the Shoulder. 



10. Breast or Bosom. 



11. Arm. 



12. Elbow. 



13. Girth. 



14. Flank. 



15. Sheath. 



16. Stifles. 



17. Withers. 



18. Back. 



19. Loins. 



20. Hip. 



21. Croup. 



22. Dock. 



23. Quarter. 



24. Thigh or Gaskin. 



25. Hamstring. 



26. Joint of the Hock. 



27. Ham or Hock. 



28. Common. 



29. Fetlock. 



30. Large Pastern^ 



31. Small Pastern. 



32. Coronet. 



33. Hoof. 



34. Knee. 



35. Common. 



36. Fetlock. 



37. Heel. 



38. Large Pastern. 



39. Small Pastern. 



40. Hoof. 



The engi-avmg on the left represents the English cart- 

 horse, to which the highest prize of the Royal Agricul- 

 tural Society was awarded, in 1843. These horses are 

 of a large size, distinguished for strength and endurance, 

 and are well adapted to slow, heavy draught. 



DESCRIPTION OF A GOOD HORSE. 



The head should not be large, but rather light, and 

 neatly, not abruptly, affixed to the neck ; the eyes 

 bright, full, rather prominent, and set well apart ; horses 

 with white, or wall-eyes, cannot see well, and are more 

 liable to be skittish; eyelids thin and dry; the quir. 

 high in tte forehead; ears thin, narrow, erect, of mid. 

 dliig leng h, and not distant from each other ; foreheari 



