EXTREMES AND MODIFICATIONS OF CHARACTER. 5 



balanced characters are when the three temperaments exist 

 in equal proportions. 



The LYMPHATIC TEMPERA- 

 MENT, or class, is characterized 

 by large bones and muscles, 

 small brain, coarse grain and 

 expression, with slow, heavy 

 movements. There is more 

 strength than action, or there 

 is not spirit enough, except- 

 ing for a short time after rest 

 and idleness. An unbroken 

 colt of this temperament may 

 act sulky and awkward. If 

 maddened and confused, he 

 will lop his ears, and act like a 

 mule or cow. However bad 

 such a colt may act at first, 



he will, with a little time and ( No , 



, A very intelligent, gentle 

 disposition, not so active and spir- 

 ited as No. 1 ; will bear a great deal 

 of abuse, yet quite positive when 

 excited. 



patience, work easily and 

 safely; for, as soon as he 

 learns to obey the bit readily, 

 all that is necessary to do is 

 to put him in harness by the 

 side of a gentle horse, and he 

 will work without trouble. It 

 is a trifling matter to make 

 such a colt gentle; but it is 

 sometimes a serious thing to 

 make him do any thing if 

 (No. 3.) starte, one of Mr. Robert warmed up or maddened. He 



Bonner's famous trotters. This rn^v f*\Tf>n thrr\w Viirrct.lf /-I/ 



head was sketched from life by Mr. ma > eVen tnro w nimselt down, 



Frank Beard, for the writer, and is without Caring to get up ; but, 



intended to represent the finest , * , i j f 



type of equine character. A very WnCll nib ClUil mind IS given 



i^iffv'^mietS'm!,,,^?,,; t!me tO ** he will work like 



yet capable of the greatest eudur- any gentle COlt. ThlS horse 



makes the patient, willing 



worker. If whipped or abused, he seems to forget it, and 

 is seldom a balker. 



