THE 



ILLUSTRATED HORSE MANAGEMENT. 



CHAPTER I. 



THE BODY OF THE HORSE ANATOMICALLY CONSIDERED. 



Were the equine race extinct, nevertheless an anatomist, by study- 

 ing its bones, might afiBrm its instincts and assert its uses. Every part 

 declares it to be a creature of speed ; while its large cranium and beauti- 



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fully-arranged teeth would announce it to have once been connected with 

 civilization by its intelligence, by its uses, and its herbivorous habit. The 

 provision made for the united strength and elasticity of the spine would 

 indicate the care nature had bestowed upon the comfort of a rider ; while 



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