82 rtECK AND SHOULDERS. LEGS. 



NECK AND SHOULDERS. 



THE neck of a horse should be long, thin, and deli- 

 cate (indeed they are never too long or too delicate) 

 growing deeper from the joining of the head to the 

 shoulders ; the upper edge should form the half of an 

 arch, gradually falling in height and shape from the 

 head to the shoulders ; the mane should be thin, 

 smooth, and in length half the width of the neck. 

 The shoulders of a horse should be thin, high, and 

 thrown very far back ; for experience has proved, that 

 those with low shoulders and high rumps, although they 

 may have many good parts, can never show to ad van 

 tage, and seldom make good saddle or race horses. 



LEGS. 



THE fore legs of a horse should bear a just propoi- 

 tion to his size ; the arms large, long, and full ; the 

 legs bony, flat, and sinewy ; the pasterns rather long 

 than otherwise, and tolerably straight. Small lean 

 arms, a bending back or trembling of the knees, bow 

 legs, small and round legs, extremely delicate back 

 sinews, or those unnaturally large, indicate weakness 

 or some injury, and should be avoided. The hind 

 parts of a ho^se, from the hip bone to the hock, should 

 be of great length ; the thighs and muscles should be 

 full, large, and bulging ; the hock broad, sinewy, and 



