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bones of the body : small bones, and those much 

 rounded off, always give a well conditioned ap- 

 pearance to any animal ; and, where a pretty and 

 compact look is admired, such are the horses to 

 be selected. Narrow round hips most particularly 

 give a level look to the horse ; but if a horse likely 

 to be a performer is required, such make is any 

 thing but desirable: it is the Avide independent 

 hip that sends horses along, enables the trotter to 

 go on, and gives the bold sweeping stroke of the 

 haunch that carries the galloping horse over a 

 country or a race course. Whatever there may 

 be to the eye as to appearance, from such make, 

 let the reader pause before he rejects a horse on 

 such account; for no good judge would, unless 

 for a lady's park riding horse. This or any 

 mere London riding horse is an animal so totally 

 confined to mere purposes of show, that we need 

 not trouble ourselves whether he possess proper- 

 ties indicating capability of great and lasting per- 

 formance or not ; if he is pleasing to the eye as 

 to appearance and action, pleasant and safe to 

 ride, he is all that is wanted. I have and do 

 again recommend my reader getting good ones of 

 their sort. AVell such a horse as I have last men- 

 tioned as a park horse is good of his sort, but 

 a consummate bad sort they would be found for 

 any other purpose : no matter : a pair of white 

 dress gloves should not be worn twice, so w^e 



