40 POWER AND THE PLOW 



Youatt in his "Treatise on the Horse" quotes an old Eng- 

 lish description which embodies most of the foregoing points 

 in more imaginative style: 



"A good horse should have three qualities of a woman 

 a broad breast, round hips, and a long mane; three of a lion 

 countenance, courage, and fire; three of a bullock the eye, 

 the nostril, and joints; three of a sheep the nose, gentleness, 

 and patience; three of a mule strength, constancy, and foot; 

 three of a deer head, legs, and short hair; three of a wolf 

 throat, neck, and hearing; three of a fox ear, tail, and trot; 

 three of a serpent memory, sight, and turning; and three 

 of a hare or cat running, walking, and suppleness." 



