90 HOW WOMEN SHOULD RIDE 



be small and clear-cut, with delicate- 

 ly pointed ears, prominent 

 Conformation 



eyes, a fine muzzle, full nos- 

 trils, clean-cut angle at the throttle, 

 and the head carried somewhat less 

 than vertical to the ground ; the crest 

 curved, and the neck thin and supple, 

 but muscular and well set on to broad 

 shoulders. These should be long and 

 oblique, thus reducing the concussion 

 and making the horse easier to ride as 

 well as safer, because his forelegs are 

 proportionately advanced, giving less 

 weight in front of them to cause a fall 

 should he trip. The true arms (com- 

 monly called lower bones of the shoul- 

 ders), extend from the points of the 

 shoulders to the elbows, and should be 

 short, or the forelegs will be placed too 

 far back. The forearms, extending from 

 the elbows to the knees, should be large 

 and muscular and rather long. Broad, 



