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PURCHASING FROM THE STABLES. 



The feet are not to turn out, nor in : if the former, 

 he will be liable to cut ; if the latter, it is equally 

 bad, for the weight either way is most unevenly dis- 

 tributed. The point of the toe should be found ex- 

 actly under the point of the shoulder : dropping your 

 stick perpendicularly from the point of the shoulder 

 will tell you this in a second, if your eye does not. 

 As much as it is behind that, so much is the weight 

 thrown too much forward ; and as in this case the 

 chest will look either like the chest of a dray-horse- 

 called, a remarkably fine chest ; or the legs will slant 

 backward under his belly, which is as bad ; so will 

 he be more likely, especially down hill, to fall. 

 This you may likewise naturally suppose ; for when 

 standing upright on your own legs, and inclining 

 your head and body forward, a push behind will 

 easily upset you. 



THE FEET. 



The hoofs of a genuine Arab are rather small. 

 You will seldom find them too small, provided the 

 hinder part of the quarters are the broadest part. 



G 



G ! Gr 



A A, the hinder part of the quarters ; B B, the bars ; 



