no XENOPHON ON HORSEMANSHIP. 



withers and seat should be very large, the 

 sides very broad and deep, and the loin 

 supple (you can tell that the loin is sup- 

 ple if he does not stand on both his hind 

 legs at the same time, but is constantly 

 changing from one to the other), the haunch 

 very large and broad, the flank very small. 

 The gaskins should not be very fleshy; and 

 he should have small stones. Between the 

 hams he should not be prominent nor full, 

 but only rather swelling a little, and the 

 breech should be very small and well out of 

 sight. Let him hold his tail high, and have 

 it thick at the base and long. This for the 

 shape of the horse. He is by far the best that 

 has all these points ; and second is he that has 

 the majority of them, including those which 

 are of the most service. The colt begins to 

 be driven two years after birth. About this 

 time he sheds his first teeth, when he is 

 thirty months old ; the second a year after, 

 the last in another year or in less time ; and 

 he is at his prime for swiftness and courage 

 at six years old. 



