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perhaps never noticed, and even if he did, in some cases 

 would not know how to remedy. Some people are much 

 easier suited than others and will go to a dealer and buy 

 a pair of horses j^roviding they look alike in color and 

 size and the price mo<lerate; they not having the slight- 

 est thought of any other indispensable qualifications 

 desirable in a carriage horse. Even the dealer himself 

 unless he has had a long practical experience with such 

 kind of horses, cannot be expected to know what is 

 necessary to be done to make up a pair of horses so that 

 they are ready for use, go handsomely and carry you 

 safely and pleasantly. 



I have sa;d that all horses are not made alike. The 

 way in which a horse would in a natural state carry 

 himself depends wholly on how he is made, and how he 

 will carry his head depends on how that head is put 

 on to his neck and how the neck is put into his chest 

 and shoulders. The mouth in its natural state has, of 

 course, nothing to do with this, but when we take him 

 in hand it is by acting on his mouth alone that we must 

 trust to bring the head and neck into proper position; 

 indeed it is aeting on the mouth that enables us to per- 

 fect the general carriage of the body and to alter, if 

 necessary, the whole system of going. It may be said 

 that the mouth has nothing to do with the natural for- 

 mation of the neck. This is true, but it has a great deal 



