CHAP. I.] LARGE HEAD ; THICK LEGS. 50 



do right to turn back to what is said under Sect 10, 

 and draw his conclusions from the nice distinction. 



14. Low-buttocks generally accompany roach- 

 back, [see sketch (a. J fig. 7.] Roached-back is 

 brought on by putting young horses to heavy draught 

 too early in life — ere the coverings of the bones 

 (See Section 16.) are sufficiently braced, and are 

 always attended with another fault, — " hind legs too 

 straight," and incapable of stepping out. A horse 

 so formed can execute no pace tolerably, and trotting 

 worst of all. In the drag, such a horse steps short, 

 and is always upon the bustle, as if his legs were 

 tied. A large head, also, with short thick neck, de- 

 notes him a sluggish horse, heavy in the hand, and 

 usually " carrying low:" these are faults generally 

 attending his entire breed. When the neck is 

 longer, the case is not bettered, for then the animal 

 is of the long-bellied kind, with thin flanks and 

 washy. All large heads are attended with thick 

 fleshy legs, much disposed to grease : and as a 

 small light head, but wide at the forehead, with 

 expanding nostrils, and bold prominent eyes, de- 

 note (blood) strength of body, and vigour of con- 

 stitution, so the contrary may be looked for in 

 horses which have narrow foreheads, small or 

 sunken eyes, and small arid nostrils. I never saw 

 a fine well-turned head that did not belong to a 

 good set of legs, well fixed upon the body ; this cor- 

 respondence of head and heels goes still further, 

 inasmuch as the quantity of white in the face is com- 

 monly attended with a proportion of white upon 



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