816 THE EXTERIOR OF THE HORSE. 



running-horse, a trotting-horse, a steeple-chaser, a light- or heavy- 

 draught horse, mixed, etc. In general, this factor in the description 

 can be decided without difficulty. When the same subject can be used 

 under the saddle, for driving, as well as for light-draught purposes, it 

 is said to he for saddle and harness. We will show, in speaking of 

 the pleasure-services, that motors of this kind are somewhat frequently 

 employed to-day, as, for example, the pony and the cob. 



4th. Coat, its Varieties and its Peculiarities. — The order to 

 be followed here is indicated exactly by the title of this paragraph. 

 We usually say, " color sorrel, bay," etc. Finally, this expression can 

 be simplified by omitting the word coat. 



Example : light bay, etc. 



The term designating the variety should be placed immediately 

 before it. 



Examples : Coat, burnt sorrel ; coat, rusty black ; dark roan gray. 



Finally, it is necessary to specify the peculiarities of the coat by 

 commencing with those which have no fixed localitv, and then mention- 

 ing those of the head, of the body, and of the members. 



Example : brown bay, very rubican, large blaze, leprous spot at the 

 end of the nose and the superior lip, mane and tail mixed, small acci- 

 dental mark behind the withers, three white feet irregular and dentated, 

 one of which (the anterior right) is smaller. 



5th. State of the Mane and Tail. — The tail may be entire or 

 may be shortened by amputation. In the first case, the horse is desig- 

 nated ivithfull mane and tail ; in the second, docked. 



At the present day, many horses have their tails docked, and many 

 persons still term the subject with full mane and tail whose hairs have 

 not been shortened, whatever may be the state of the trunk of his 

 tail. But it is evident that it would be more exact to employ the term 

 tail docked, hairs full, for horses whose hairs have been preserved at 

 their full length after the amputation of a part of the trunk. Like- 

 wise, we should say tail entire, hairs banged, in all cases in which the 

 trunk is intact and the hairs alone have been shortened, as is observed 

 in the race-horse. 



If this appendage has been submitted to an operation after the 

 English style, it suffices to use the word docked. It is understood that 

 in this case the hairs are always banged. But when the amputation of 

 the tail has not been done in this manner, the description should make 

 mention of it : . . . docked, with full hairs. After having given the 

 state of the trunk, the condition of the hairs is indicated. 



Example : Tail docked, club-shaped, brush-shaped, etc. 



