THE RACE HORSE. 



formed to race. His head should be small and 

 lean; his ears small and picked; his eyes bril- 

 liantly large; his forehead broad and flat — we 

 mean by this he should have a deer-like sort of 

 face; and from the lower part of the forehead, 

 down to a certain portion of the nostrils, there 

 should be, for a small space or length, a gradual 

 curve or slight concavity; from this point down- 

 wards, the nose should be somewhat raised, and the 

 nostrils should be so large, as, when the horse's re- 

 spiration has, by exertion, been increased, the red 

 membrane lining them should be easily seen dur- 

 ing the time of his blowing hard. His muzzle, 

 or mouth, should be proportionably small, and his 

 lips thin, appearing, as it were, by their muscular 

 contraction in covering the gums and teeth, as if 

 they were closely attached to them. His throat 

 should be clean and fine from the butt of the ear 

 down to its centre, with a good wide space be- 

 tween the jaw bones, which latter should be thin. 

 The throat and the hollow space between the 

 jaws, if well formed, bears a strong resemblance, 

 in point of shape, to those parts in a game cock ; 

 and a man who is a good judge, on looking at 

 a horse and seeing him well formed about his 

 throat, would be apt to say (using a very com- 



