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an inch. As the height and length would not be varied by 

 the amount of flesh each one carried, it is safe to assume 

 that these two horses, so noted in their respective classes, 

 were of a size. The estimates arrival at, from a con- 

 sideration of the data afforded by this detailed measure- 

 ment, should be nearly correct; and when we find a horse 

 agreeing with them, we may confidently look for a good 

 one, provided he is not deficient in nerve force, which 

 cannot be so accurately measured. Both horses gave 

 evidence of the possession of that, by their performances, 

 and each one displayed it to the eye educated in detecting 

 this wonderful power. These measurements were taken 

 in the stall and with the assistance of Peter Conover, who 

 has had the horse in charge for several years, and I was 

 much pleased with the docility of his charge, who stood 

 very quietly while the tape was placed in the most trying 

 positions to a nervous animal. 



The height was arrived at by placing him on a plank, 

 laying a square on his withers in a level position, and 

 measuring with a tape line from point to point. Some of 

 the measurements could not be arrived at with the same 

 accuracy, as the length of neck, back, &c. But when the 

 corresponding points were definitely fixed, great care was 

 taken that the results should be exact. 



MEASUBEMENTB OF p ^ ^ H Q 



inches inches inches inches inches 



Height of withers 62 62 64 61 60 



Length of head 25 24 23f 23f 23$ 



" " neck 25 31 30 25 25* 



Round the muzzle 19 .. 18$ 20f 18 



" swell of jaws 33 . . 26 . . 32 



Length of back 23 21* 18 19 19 



From hip to hip over the loin 19 24 19 . . 23 



Round the body at girth 68J 69 72 74 Tl 



