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THE EXTERIOR OF THE HORSE. 



have a high chest and long members ; a short body and strong loins ; 

 the neck, shoulder, croup, thigh, buttock, leg, and forearm should be 

 long, without being too heavy in the upper part ; the members strong, 

 clean, and free from blemishes ; he should have wide and thick articu- 



FIG. 333. Running-horse. 



Vermout, winner of the great prize of Paris in 1864. (Reproduced from a photograph belonging 



to M. Delton.) 



lations, closed in the superior angles, open in the inferior ; a deep 

 chest, abdomen slightly full ; fine skin, hair, mane, and tail ; an ani- 

 mated and expressive physiognomy ; he should be graceful, nimble, 

 elegant, excitable, energetic, impetuous, and of great endurance. 



Preferred Coats. The two coats which are the most common 

 are the bay and the sorrel, sometimes the roan, and more rarely the 

 roan gray ; the black is but little esteemed, the qualities of the horse 

 being, of course, taken into consideration. 



Price. The price of a running-horse is as variable as that of a 

 work of art. It is determined, for the eighteen months' colt, or the 

 yearling, which has not yet appeared upon the turf, according to his 

 genealogy and his conformation. At that time the greatest value is 

 attached to the qualities of the parents and even of the grandparents, 

 especially when they are combined, in their descendant, with great 

 perfection of form. In such cases, the value of the young subject 



