Il6 XENOPHON ON HORSEMANSHIP. 



without being long ; mane thick and falling on 

 the right side ; broad and muscular chest, 

 big straight shoulders, muscles sticking out 

 all over the body, sides sloping in, double 

 back, small belly, stones small and alike, 

 flanks broad and drawn in ; tail long and not 

 bristly, for this is ugly; legs straight; knee 

 round, small, and not turned in; buttocks 

 and thighs full and muscular; hoofs black, 

 high, and hollow, topping off with moderate- 

 sized coronets. He should in general be so 

 formed as to be large, high, well set up, of 

 an active look, and round-barrelled in the 

 proportion proper to his length. 



PALLADIUS. 



From the " De Re Rustica," 4, 13, 2 ff, written 

 probably about the middle of the fourth century. 

 Translated from the Latin text of Schneider. 



In a stallion four things are to be tested, — 

 his shape, colour, action, and beauty. For 

 shape we shall try for a large compact body, 

 height to suit his strength, a very long flank, 

 big round haunches, breast broad, the surface 

 of the body all closely knotted with muscles ; 

 foot dry and firm, the horn which forms its 



