CHAPTER II. 



Physiognomy of the Horse Sagacity, Fidelity, Sociability, &c. ; 

 Anecdotes Insanity. 



THE physiognomy of the horse is an interesting sub- 

 ject. Those who have made it their study can read 

 the animal's passions and purposes in his face. The 

 following hints on this topic are chiefly from Professor 

 Youatt : 



The eye enables us with tolerable accuracy to 

 guess at the animal's temper. If much of the white is 

 seen, he is not to be lightly trusted. The mischievous 

 horse is always slily on the look out for opportunities 

 to indulge his malice, and the frequent backward 

 direction of the eye, which makes the white most 

 perceptible, is only to give surer effects to the blow 

 which he is about to aim. 



The quality of the horse's vision differs from that 

 of man. The former can take in a wider range in 

 consequence of the lateral position of the eyes and 

 their distance apart ; and when the animal, with its 

 head down, is quietly grazing, it can see objects with 

 facility in every direction round it. Man's vision is 



