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the cause of high-tempered horses refusing to draw ; after 

 which their speed may be quickened to whatever gait you 

 may prefer, by the use of some kind word, to which all 

 horses should be accustomed. It is very much the prac- 

 tice with drivers to leave their horses standing in a car- 

 riage, without any person to hold them, for hours together. 

 Having seen the worst of consequences result from this 

 practice (and with horses under the character of being gen- 

 tle,) I would recommend that drivers should never give up 

 their reins until they are prepared with some person suf- 

 ficiently strong to hold them. By using such precaution, 

 the overturning and breaking of many fine carriages, and 

 the ruining of many valuable and elegant carriage horses, 

 would be avoided." 



RACE HORSE. 



"It is a remarkable fact that horses run in all shapes. 

 But most generally those excel upon the turf, that are of 

 the following form: head and neck thin, small, and deli- 

 cate ; eyes large, plump, and full of expression ; nostrils 

 wide, red, and expanded ; throttle large ; shoulders high, 

 thin, and running very far back ; breast plump, full and 

 wide; body long, round, and rather light than heavy; back 

 short as possible ; thighs long, large, full, and bulging ; fore- 

 arm large and swelling towards the breast ; hocks broad, 

 strong and bony ; legs of moderate size, thin, flat and sin- 

 ewy; pasterns rather long and small, than otherwise; feet 

 of proportionable size to the balance of the form, though, of 

 the two extremes, small is better ; he should be nervous, 

 tractable, and of good spirit, and he should be from five 

 feet to five feet four inches high. Such a horse, well man- 

 aged, kept and placed in races, will seldom fail to distin- 

 guish himself on the turf." 



