SOUND AND UNSOUND HORSES 



For saddle purposes, high action is 

 not wanted, if comfort to the rider 

 be studied. 



A shghtly fiat side is also better for 

 saddle purposes, whereas in a roadster 

 cob, the ribs should be well sprung. 



Short legs, a short arched neck, with 

 nicely sloping shoulders, broad and flat 

 knees, rounded cannons, moderately 

 long, oblique pasterns, with neat, well 

 placed and well directed feet, are 

 essentials. Of no less importance is a 

 light fore hand. 



The knees ought to be broad, neatly 

 shaped, flat at the front and free from 

 scars or other blemishes. 



The head should be carried obliquely, 

 finely modelled — not the heavy headed 

 brute so often seen — and a mouth that 

 responds immediateh' when asked. A 

 deep chest and clean hocks covered 

 by thin skin are requisite. 



The cannons should be seen as skin, 



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