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HEAD AND NECK. 



lies underneath the upper part of the forehead, where 

 prominence and convexity of the part is a marked 

 beauty (p. 196). 



For the foregoing reasons, we should not look upon 

 the possession of a large brain as a desirable " point " in a 

 horse. Hence, apart from the practical experience I have 

 had, I do not like, as I have said, a bulging-out con- 



Fig. 295. — Ml. Lefevre's Tristan. 

 [Draiui! from a photograph.) 



dition of the lower part of the forehead, nor a long dis- 

 tance between the eyes and the top of the head, both of 

 which peculiarities of conformation point to large brain 

 capacity. 



Top of the Head. — The bone (the occipital crest) at 

 the top of the head should be prominent and well deve- 

 loped, as it affords attachment for the powerful suspensory 

 ligament of the head and neck (p. 39), and for several 

 important muscles. 



