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men expression), I like him in this part, for he 

 has a cock's throttle. 



The neck should be moderate in length. I 

 prefer its being wide; I mean its width should 

 be formed by the substance of muscles which pass 

 along each side of the top part of it ; from the 

 withers to the head it may gradually rise a little 

 in its centre, but by no means to any extreme, as 

 I have a great aversion to a high-crested race 

 horse. Indeed, I would prefer that his neck should 

 be as I have described his face, rather of the ewe 

 or deer-like shape, than that it should be loaded 

 on top, which I will bye-and-bye explain. As to 

 the lower part of the neck, I have no very par- 

 ticular remarks to make, further than that the 

 trachea, or wind-pipe, should be spacious and 

 loosely attached to the neck on its way to the 

 lungs. 



The withers may be moderately high, and, if 

 the reader like, they may also be moderately thin ; 

 but, with respect to this latter point, I am not so 

 very particular, provided the shoulders lay well 

 back. From the withers the back commences. 

 J confess, that appearances may be in favour of a 



