POINTS OF A GOOD HORSE 75 



tending well into the back to give activity and reach. The back 

 should be short and well-muscled. The hips smooth and not too 

 prominent. The quarters should be long and muscular. The tail 

 should be set on high and carried well up. The set and carriage 

 of the tail indicate in a noticeable degree the manners and style 

 of the horse. The legs should be set straight, well-muscled above 

 the knees and hocks, and wide and lean below. The pasterns 

 should be strong and supple and set at the same angle as the 

 shoulders and thighs. The feet are of great consequence, and 

 should be of medium size, well formed and dense as to horn, elastic 

 as to frog, concave as to sole, and full and strong as to the bars of 

 the heel. 



The body should be deep in the chest, and in width according 

 to breed, to give room for breathing and the vital organs. A close- 

 ribbed body is a strong body, and a body that is low in the flank 

 indicates great bottom and endurance. The legs should be well 

 under the body, particularly the fore legs, which indicate stiffness 

 or unsoundness if projecting ahead of a vertical line from the elbow. 



It goes without saying that the legs should be smooth and free 

 from blemishes, and wind should be good ; but an extended dis- 

 cussion of these points would be out of place in this paper. 



V^ov. 28, J 905. 

 The 3ickmore Gall Cure Co., Old Town, JHCe. 



Gentlemen : On Sept. 24 I received from ^ou half dozen boxes of your 

 Qall Cure with instructions, which I followed out, using one box on a mare 

 that had made the trip to the Uinta Reservation and back, 500 miles, and 

 had eight had saddle and collar galls. They roere completely healed in ten 

 days under dail\) use. I then used it on an old saddle gall which an attack of 

 distemper had caused to break out, forming a spot the size of a hen's egg. 

 '^Jhis entirely disappeared and the horse is sound. 



Your cure is all that you claim for it and more. Many thanks for your 

 courtesy. I find that Parson 's Drug Store, T>urango, Colo. , handles it. 

 "Uen; truly, 



"ROBERT SWARTWOUT. 



Hermosa, Colorado. 



