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province here or intention to enter into anatomi- 

 cal reasons why, but experience has authorised 

 me in saying, that horses narrow between the jaws, 

 or in any way, in stable phrase, " tied up about 

 the throat," are very seldom good winded ones. 



I will now, therefore, sum up my observations 

 on the head by saying, in as concise terms as 

 possible, get thin ears, a prominent eye, wide jaws, 

 and a small nose, and you will not get hold of 

 a very bad sort. As to other beauties of it, I 

 leave those to the reader's taste. If a horse pos- 

 sess none of the leading features of goodness I 

 have mentioned, and you know him to be good, of 

 course, buy him ; if he only possess some of them 

 or all in a very mediocre degree, get to know him 

 well before you trust to him ; if he possess none 

 of them, and you cannot get a proof of his mate- 

 rials, reject him; for in nine cases in ten by so 

 doing, you will have escaped the possession of a 

 dull bad bred, bad winded, or bad disposed horse, 

 or, perhaps, all of these failings in the same 

 animal. 



THE NECK. 



If you want a horse for park purposes, and to 

 be admired by mere park riders, go to the most 

 famous rocking-horse manufacturer that you can 

 find : look at the imposing sort of neck of such 



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