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When filled out this might read »s f oUow^s : 



Reearrd, 5:. L-y^-ii, M:.. Msrdi Ik. ISSj. of Mr. JoJkM, Doe, jix« kioLdrfd. ■zc:.<s-t far « 

 Acy wktr: ^« La^efT. dsn L*d%. V'Sr'SJtzed "ir* *ean uid «W mmier tir jpecrs, »aad, frt» 

 from riit. fftj:" :.\jr. :: -vf^ -T iriri. ' SlCHAKD Bos. 



This with such carefnl exanmaticm as we have advised, ought to insure 

 anT huTO' against dai^ar in case the seD^ is solvent. 



V TTT. Uluatxatirans of "Foan. and Symmetry. 



The head of the horse is the seat of inteDigence, and to the confornui. 

 Mao. of the head we must look not only for intelligence but docility and 

 coorase. or the opposite character, as we must look to the teeth for indi. 

 cations of his age, to the nostrils as indicating his capacity for breathing, 

 to the muzzle and jaw for indications of capacity and feeding, and to the 

 eye and ear as showing lire, coox^e, and good temper. Xo man's head and 

 &oe are more expnaa t dv e than are these elements of a hocse. 



Speed and bottom, which means the bone and mnsde of good bleeding 

 whatever the £unily c^ the hofse may be^ is the mme qma non desired in a 

 hmse. Hi$ missioa is labor, wxwk of some kind, whether it be carrying 

 a man on his back, or trottiii^ to a wa^om, or banlmg a load throogh the 

 mod. The head of the h«se is, tfaer efo t e , one of die first things to be 

 looked at. The extract we have given a few pe^es back, fiom ooe ^ the 

 ^Miet eminent wriieg* oi diis oooncry od the horse, will convey an idea o€ 

 what a riding or driving horse should be. The neartf the hocse, for 

 genoal ntOil^, comes to the illostratioDS we have given, the better be 

 willbc. 



The horse for heavy draft, while coarso-, more stocky and heavier ::. 

 his firame, should eoaSorm to the g^Kial characteristics except that he 

 should be more upv^ht as <o his shoulders, and not so flexible as to his 

 limbs ; then the better wiU he be. In fact one of the best draft horses 

 we ever owned was a three parts bred M<»moiEUi Eclipse, seventeen hands 

 high, weishinff 1?5(» lbs., pretty well up on legs, and those of exceeding 

 flexibilitT. Bat when he got down to work he appeared to go close to 

 the <nx>und. This setting down to work — this gettinsr close to the ground 

 with the bodv, so every bone and sinew may exert the greatest posable 

 lereiage, is one of the fine arts of training. It really brings the oblique 

 Aoulda' of the blood horse straight in the collar a possibility few horse* 

 bars the knack of attaining natuxallj. 



