HORSES. 



TERMS DENOTING THE EXTERNAL PARTS OF THE HORSE. 



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 abrupuy, 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 quirl 

 high in the forehead ; ears thin, narrow, erect, of mid- 

 dling length, and not distant from each other ; forehead 



