THE HORSE 11 



position. A wide, -flat forehead and bold eye are 

 signs of intelligence and good disposition. It must 

 be mentioned, however, that the eye can be too 

 big, and a "scarey," nervous horse will often 

 possess a large, prominent eye. In this connection 

 the ears will also be some guide, and a continuous 

 backward and forward movement, and an en- 

 deavor to see behuid, etc., may confirm suspicions 

 that the animal is nervous. Apart from the 

 teeth, a sunken appearance of the face, midAvay 

 on a line drawn from the inner corner of the eye 

 to the mouth, will indicate old age. The top of 

 the head between the ears should be prominent, 

 and the skin over the whole head in a well-bred 

 horse should be fine and thin, showing thi'ough 

 it the various nerves, muscles, and blood-vessels. 

 There should be no swellings or thickness be- 

 tween the jaw-bones, nor should the hollows above 

 the eyes be deep in a young horse. 



JSTeck 

 The neck of a saddle-horse cannot be too long 

 or light, nor of a cart horse too comparatively 

 thick. The harness horse should have something 

 between the two. A weU-shaped neck, with nicely 

 set-on head, adds much to the appearance of a 



