POINTS OF THE HORSE. II3 



broad without being long; mane thick and 

 hanging down on the right side; broad chest 

 with the muscles bulging out everywhere ; 

 large straight shoulders ; sides curving, seat 

 double, belly drawn in, stones small and 

 alike, broad flanks sinking in; tail long, 

 thick, and crinkly; shanks supple, deep, and 

 straight; knee well-turned, small, and not 

 turned in ; rounded buttocks ; thighs bulging 

 with muscles everywhere ; hoofs hard, high, 

 hollow, and round, topping off with moderate- 

 sized coronets. 



OPPIAN. 



From the " Cynegetica," i, 176 ff,, a poem written 

 in the first part of the third century. Translated from 

 the Greek text of Schneider. 



Let him be large himself and round of 

 limb, but small be the head he raises high and 

 loftily above his neck ; lofty his crest, but let 

 the jaw come down low, inclining towards the 

 throat; broad and beautiful should be his 

 front between the brows, and from above let 

 thickly clustering locks fall about his face ; 

 under the brow his bright eyes flash with 

 ruddy fiery light; wide are his nostrils, 



