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what short "reined" and rather "goose-rumped," 

 but when on her back neither are apparent. 



Finally we may say that she is a type also of the 

 horse without any very evident bad points, and her 

 record bears out what Sir Frederick Fitzwygram 

 says about such a one, "It may be plain but it will 

 be useful." Should the young soldier ever become 

 a remount officer and buy nothing worse, he will do 

 well indeed. 



Fig. 2, Plate IX., shows a Mounted Infantry cob. 

 There is not much to be said about him ; he 

 is "common" perhaps, and has somewhat upright- 

 looking shoulders, though they are long ones. His 

 girth, barrel, hips, and legs are all good, and at the 

 price probably paid for him he must be considered 

 a "good sort" for the job. 



Fig. I, Plate X., gives a leader in a Royal 

 Horse Artillery gun team ; he is a useful stamp of 

 horse, though perhaps he has somewhat straight 

 shoulders. The horse in Fig. 2 of this plate has 

 lately (1899) been received as a remount by the 

 Army Service Corps at Aldershot, and he is regarded 

 by them as a very good type of a draft horse. He 

 has short legs, deep girth, good ribs, and powerful, 

 though not handsome hind-quarters. Perhaps his 

 most noticeable point is the great amount of bone 

 below both knee and hock. 



And the lessons of this chapter ? Many are 

 obvious, and many more may be found by following 

 up and studying the horse on the lines indicated. 



