PURCHASING FROM THE STABLES. 



Not much distance between the last false rib and 

 tbe haunch-bone. A charger should be well ribbed 

 home. Being well " coupled up" is a sign of strength 

 and endurance. 



Round barreled carcase. 



Large elbow bone. 



Forearm quite as muscular as the racer, but no 

 harm if there is a trifle more length between the 

 knee and fetlock, for a charger must lift his fore-feet 

 well up, and not move like a daisy-cutter, or over 

 stony ground he will soon come head over heels. 



Broad square knee, and large hinder bone. 



Suspensory ligament and back sinews strong, wiry, 

 and far apart. 



Shank-bone flat, small round in front. 



Pasterns should not be so long, nor quite so oblique 

 as the racer's. The point of the toe in its proper 

 place is most essential. 



Sound, well-shaped, black fore -feet; rather upright 

 in front of the crust ; never lengthening out more 

 than the angle of forty-five degrees ; open heels ; 

 sound frog ; and a concave sole, are indispensable. 

 A racer on soft turf might get on better with an in- 

 different shaped foot : have any fault in preference 

 to a,n indifferent one for a charger. A bad foot can 

 be worth nothing to either. 



HUNTER. 



The nearer he comes to the description of a Charger 

 the better. There is no necessity for his being so 

 high or so handsome. Hog-hunters generally prefer 



