10 PURCHASING 'FROM: THE STABLES. 



dicative of half the breeding, the hind parts must be 

 formed as before laid down, to prove the other half. 



All the good breeding in half or three-part bred 

 horses will sometimes show itself in front, sometimes 

 behind : for instance, put a thorough-bred horse per- 

 fect in make to a half or three-parts bred mare : one 

 year a foal will probably be thrown badly formed be- 

 hind, with a casty head and good forehand ; another 

 year one perfectly formed behind, with an ugly head 

 and bad forehand. The latter of these, with the good 

 hind parts, both being of equal good blood, would be 

 the most promising for running. But again, a half 

 or three-parts bred horse, even possessing all good 

 running points, will, nineteen times out of twenty, be 

 beaten in a long race by a thorough-bred horse not so 

 well built as himself. This is well known in England, 

 and the same law, of course, holds good with an Arab. 



THE HEAD, NOSTRILS, MOUTH, LIPS, EYE, EARS, ETC. 



The head ought to be lean and bony ; the jaws wide, 

 and not fleshy ; the channel clean, and not filled up. 



The nostrils must be open and thin, or he is use- 

 less for the turf ; the best training in the world will 

 never compensate for a thick shut nostril. 



The mouth should be dep a laughing mouth 

 which will allow more room for the opening of the 

 nostril, and also give him a better mouth. 



The lips should be thin and evenly closed, for the 

 under lip hanging loose is a very unfavourable omen 

 of his running. 



The eye is never too large, and scarcely ever too 

 prominent. A small eye should be objected to, as 



