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greatly; his skin is thin and his blood hot. In Fig. 6 

 we have a specimen of the heavy, dull, stupid horse ; 

 the one that ' any one can drive,' but is rarely driven 

 off a walk, or a very sluggish infrequent ' lope.' He's 

 the horse to try the patience of a saint, when a little 

 behind time for the train. Fig. 7 requires an excep- 

 tionally good driver to manage him ; he must be 

 watched or some dangerous trick of his may suddenly 



Fig. 7.— Very Excitable and Incorrigible. 



astonish his owner. He'll nab the unwary bystander 

 on the shoulder, or perhaps seem disposed to make a 

 brief luncheon of his hat. He has a wild-looking eye, 

 and the head-lock falls in an unsteady corkscrew way 

 down over his forehead, in itself suggestive of un- 

 trustworthiness. Compare Figs, ^i or 4 with Figs. 2, 

 5, 6, and 7. and see how wide the differences of char- 

 acter shown even by engravings. 



