26 DOMESTIC ANIMALS. 



forehead, indicating benevolence and intellect ; broad between 

 the ears, showing courage ; broad between the eyes, evincing 

 quickness of perception, memory, and capacity to learn. He 

 can be taught almost anything, can be trusted, and loves and 

 trusts man ; is not timid, will go anywhere, and stand without 



fastening ; never kicks, bites, 

 or runs away. 



"Fig. 14: shows a marked 

 contrast with fig. 13 in almost 

 every respect ; his narrow and 

 contracted forehead shows a 



,|jii >$PWm, ,\ '' \ lack of intelligence, kindness, 

 : " X andtractability; is timid and 

 shy in harness, vicious, un- 

 friendly, disposed to kick, 

 bite, balk, or run away, and 

 is fit only for a mill or horse-boat. For all general uses he 

 should be avoided, arid by no means should such an organiza- 

 tion be employed for breeding purposes." 



IV._ COLOK. 



W. 0. Spooner, author of several veterinarian works, has the 

 following remarks on color as a sign of other qualities in the 

 horse : 



"We have found both good and bad horses of every color, 

 and the only rule we can admit as correct is, that certain colors 

 denote deficient breeding, and therefore such animal is not 

 likely to be so good as he looks, but is probably deficient in 

 bottom or the powers of endurance. These colors are black, 

 which prevails so much w T ith cart-horses, and sorrel, dun, pie- 

 bald, etc. ; the possessors of which come from the North, and 

 possess no Eastern blood. Black horses, unless evidently high 

 bred, are very often soft and sluggish, with breeding insuf- 

 ficient for their work; the pedigree of the majority of them 

 may be dated from the plow-tail, whatever admixtures there 

 may have been since. White hair denotes a thin skin, which 



