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he will move more or less awkwardly, and not be pleasant 

 to ride." 



Sir Jonathan further remarks that the hind feet are 

 almost always more involved than the fore ones, and that 

 if one fore-foot only is white it is nearly always the left (or 

 near) one. 



Sir Jonathan has indeed put forward an interesting and 

 totally new subject, and there is such force in his remarks 

 that a prolonged study of the subject may result in some 

 singular and important discoveries. 



On taking at random several famous stallions of the past, 

 I find that every one of them which had a white mark on 

 the forehead had it placed on the middle line, and that not 

 one of them had a white off fore-foot with the other legs 

 coloured. Still a much more extensive search needs to be 

 made before a universal rule can be established. 



According to the ruling of Sir Jonathan none of these could 

 be suspected of being a sinistral animal ; but those who had 



