30 The Lady's Horse. 



long, and very gradually depressed towards the 

 latter organ, which, it is essential, should be based 

 high on the croup. The fore and hind limbs should 

 be distant, the one pair from the other ; the 

 "arms" muscular; the knees broad, the hocks 

 (laterally) wide; the legs flat and sinewy; the 

 pasterns rather long; and the hoofs large, and 

 nearly round. 



A rough, or, what is technically termed, a 

 "staring" coat, considerably deteriorates the ap- 

 pearance of a horse, however perfect in other con- 

 ditions. Its surface, on a well-bred, healthy, and 

 properly groomed animal, is not only smooth, but 

 brilliantly polished. The mane, if too long and 

 thick, will interfere with that delicate management 

 of the reins so desirable to a lady on horseback ; 

 and the tail, if of immoderate length, will, by the 

 animal's whisking it towards his sides, prove incon- 

 venient, to the fair rider, at all times ; but, espe- 

 cially so, in dirty weather. Neither of these 

 appendages, however, on the other hand, should 

 be ungracefully brief or scanty. 



Of all colors presented by the horse, none is so 

 rich, and, at the same time, so elegant and chaste, 

 as a bright bay; provided the mane, tail, and 

 lower parts of the legs, be black. A small white 

 star on the forehead, and a white speck on one of 



