CYNEGETICA, I. 179-186 



should be broad and bright ; from the temples the 

 hair should wave in dense curls about the forehead " ; 

 the eye * should be clear and fiery under beetling 

 brows ; the nostrils "^ should be -wide, the mouth <* 

 adequate, the ears * small ; the neck ^ of the shaggy- 

 maned ^ horse should be curved, even as the arched 

 crest of a plumed helmet ; the breast * should be 

 large, the body long, the back broad, with a double 

 chine * running between fat hips ' ; behind should flow 



^ ardua cervix, Verg. G. ill. 79 ; Hor. S. i. 2. 89 ; cervice 

 moUi lataque nee longa, Colura. l.c. ; erecta cervix, Pallad. 

 I.e. 



' Varr. l.c. iuba crebra ; Verg. G. iii. 86 and Colum. I.e. 

 densa iuba; Pallad. l.c. coma densa; Geop. l.c. x«"''7»' 

 ^adelav ; Poll. I.e. X'^-'-^V fi'^P's- 



* Xen. Eq. 1. 7 aripva irXoTiVepa 5vTa Kal irpbi /cdWos Kai 

 wpos iffxi"' tat irpoi t6 firi exaWd^ dXXd 5ia toXXoO to. cr/ceXi; 

 (pepetv ev^viffrepa ; Geop. l.c. (rrrjdos eipv ixep.vuifxevov ; Poll. 

 l.c. ffTfpva TXarea; \'arr. l.c. pectus latum at plenum; Verg. 

 G. iii. 81 Luxuriatque toris animosum pectus ; Colum. l.c. 

 lato et musculorum toris numeroso pectore ; Pallad. l.c. 

 pectus late patens. 



* Xen. Eq. 1. 11 pd^ts V SittXtj rijs avXrjs Kai iyKaOrjaOai 

 fiaXaKwrepa Kai iSelv ifjSidjv ; Poll. i. 190 6a(pvs 5nr\rj- t6 Si ai/ro 

 Kai pdxts Kai fdpa {ib. 190 the bad horse has 6(T<pvv o^elav, cf. 

 Gratt. 526 tenuis dorso curvatur spina); Geop. l.c. pdxiv 

 fidXiffra nfv dnrXjjv, ei 5e p-Tj, p-ri ye KvpTTjy ; Verg. G. iii. 87 

 At duplex agitur per lumbos spina; Varr. I.e. spina 

 maxime duplici, si minus, non extanti ; Colum. l.c. spina 

 duplici ; Hayes, p. -250 " In many draught animals the 

 upper muscles of the loins and back stand out as distinct 

 ridges of muscle on each side of the backbone. This 

 beauty in the coarser breeds is not confined to them, but 

 may sometimes be seen in well-bred horses. . . . This 

 ' double- backed ' condition [well shown in a photograph of 

 a Boulonnais horse in Hayes, p. 251] may come on or dis- 

 appear according to the amount of ' flesh ' which the animal 

 carries." Cf. G. and B. p. 119. 



* Xen. Eq. 1. 13 iVyia xXarea . . . Kai evcxapKa. Cf. 

 Poll. l.c, 



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