i68 HEAD AND NECK. 



nostrils. Ormonde's face {see Frontispiece) tends to con- 

 cavity. For a convex profile (Roman nose) see Pis. 19 

 and 23. This shape might be objected to on account of 

 its liability to render the air passages of the head curved, 

 instead of straight, in which case there might be some slight 

 interference with the ready ingress and egress of respired air. 

 I have, however, never met with a case in which a Roman 

 nose was the cause of impaired breathing power ; although 

 I have known a horse become a roarer from alteration in 

 the shape of the nasal cavities from a disease of the bones 

 called osteo porosis, or "big head." I may mention that 

 many heavy cart-horses have Roman noses. 



Colonel John Anderson, late Inspecting Veterinary 

 Surgeon, Bombay Army (than whom no better judge of 

 a horse exists), remarked to me many years ago, that a 

 prominent forehead {see PI. 21), or a rise between the eyes, 

 is an indication of a bad, or at least of a wayward, temper in 

 a horse. I have no theory to advance in support of this idea, 

 the truth of which, however, I have seen verified in many 

 instances. The original of PL 21 was a rascal of the 

 deepest dye. Tristan {see Fig. 172), had this fatal bump 

 between his eyes, and he was a "thief," as well as a bit 

 of a "savage." His name will recall to many old race-goers 

 the memorable strup-Qfle for the Cambridoreshire of 1881, 

 when, ridden by poor George Fordham, he finished third 

 to Foxhall and Lucy Glitters. It is but just to the chestnut 

 son of Hermit and Thrift to say that his trainer, Mr. Tom 

 Jennings, junr., tells me that Tristan's temper had been 

 spoiled by bad usage when he was a yearling. 



Front view of Face. — Good width of forehead between 



