THE EYES. 29 



THE EYES. 



From the eye of tlie horse we form an idea of 

 his age. There is, at the hack of the eye a con- 

 siderable quantity of fatty substance, on which 

 it may revolve easily without friction. In aged 

 horses much of this disappears, the eye becomes 

 sunken, and the pit above it deepens; The eye 

 is a very important organ of the horse, and 

 should be large, clear, shining^ lively, dark col- 

 ored, round and full, so that you may look deep 

 into them; when moving but a small portion of 

 the white should show, and the purchaser who 

 notices this should pause ere he completes his 

 bargain for a horse that shows too much of the 

 whites of his eyes. 



