POINTS OF THE HORSE. 109 



thick horn. The sound is also a sign of 

 the good hoof; for the hollow sort has 

 more of the cymbal ring than the full and 

 fleshy. Let him have supple pasterns and no 

 stiffness of the fetlock joints ; his shanks 

 should be shaggy, with the parts about the 

 back sinew and the shank sinewy and with 

 as little flesh as possible up to the knee. 

 Above, however, the leg should be fleshier 

 and stouter. Let the space between the 

 two legs be as wide as possible, for then 

 he can throw out his legs without inter- 

 fering. His chest should be neither too 

 narrow nor too broad, and his shoulder- 

 blade very large and very broad indeed. 

 Let the neck be slender near the jaw, supple, 

 flattened back to the rear, but bending down 

 to the front from the slenderest part. The 

 head should be advanced, and the neck not 

 short. Let him have a high poll, and a 

 head flat-nosed but light ; the nostrils should 

 be very large, the jaws slender and a match 

 for each other, the eyes large, very promi- 

 nent and bright, the ears and teeth small, the 

 jaw as small as possible, and the part between 

 the neck and the jaw very slender. The 



