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tion. In the latter case, a horse does not turn his 

 head about much, but indulges in quick, furtive 

 glances in all directions. 



A horse that is continually rolling his eyes about, 

 and showing the white portion to a marked degree, 

 while his ears are constantly on the move — the one 

 forward and the other backward alternately — may be 

 estimated with certainty to be extremely shy and 

 nervous. 



When a horse has a quick, watchful eye, his ears 

 working fitfully in all directions, inclined to squeal 

 if his fore-legs are touched, and giving his tail an 

 occasional whisk, in nine cases out of ten he will be 

 a pronounced and confirmed kicker. 



Or, if a horse has unusually small eyes, deeply 

 sunk, placed very nearly perpendicular in his head, 

 his ears inclined backward, and occasionally showing 

 his teeth, he will generally develop some vice in 

 unskilled hands, and in all likelihood it will be that 

 of biting. 



A horse with a prominent forehead will generally 

 be game and plucky, with a strong, determined 

 temper, although, if carefully trained, he is generally 

 very easily managed. There is a difference between 

 a prominent and a bumpy forehead ; the latter is 

 generally indicative of underbreeding, and sometimes 

 denotes reversion to a remote ancestral type. 



A horse with a hollow forehead, or " dish-faced," 

 as it is familiarly termed, will be soft in temperament 

 if the cavity is far down, but if well elevated between 



