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fine. There are a few small flesh-colored spots under the 

 eye and along the sides. His head is large and bony, 

 very well shaped, and showing in the full rounded fore- 

 head, and in the expression of the eye, that the nerve force 

 predominates to an unusual extent. The eye itself is 

 beautiful, prominent, and clear, with a small speck of 

 "glass" in the lower corner of each, giving greater effect 

 to the brilliant hazel of the eyeball. His ears are long, 

 slender, in fact just the ear that is represented as gracing 

 the head of the Falcon, and which adds in my estimation 

 more to the beauty of the horse than any other point of 

 adornment whatever. He carries them well, and whether 

 at rest or in motion, they are sure to attract attention. 

 His neck is of medium length, slightly drooping in front 

 of the withers with very little elevation of crest. The head 

 is finely joined to it, and there is plenty of room for the 

 windpipe between the jaw-bones. 



His shoulder is very good, the scapula falling back 

 obliquely into the sway, while the point is well advanced, 

 and the leg falls truly from thence to the ground. 



He " forks " beautifully, and very few race horses equal 

 Lim in this respect, or are superior in the form of the 

 Brisket. The knee, as shown from the measurement, is 

 large and broad, with the bony projection behind well 

 developed. There is a small splent on the near fore-leg, 

 but far enough from the tendons and joint so that it never 

 can do injury. His pasterns are oblique and of good 

 length, without showing any appearance of weakness; the 

 joints round, and giving no evidence that the many races 

 he has trotted has effected them in the least. Like the 

 race horse there are no long hairs on the upper pastern. 

 His feet, though white, are first-rate, and it is a singular 

 circumstance that the frog in each one is black, though 

 the sole surrounding them is the same color as the wall. 

 His middle piece is good being very deep through the 



