I70 HEAD AND NECK. 



jaws, and which is fixed in the large depression that is just 

 above the eye. Good width between the eyes is generally 

 regarded as a sign of intelligence and of a generous dis- 

 position ; and it may indicate large capacity of brain, by 

 reason of the frontal bone forming a portion of the covering 

 of that organ. I shall refer, under the next heading, to the 

 subject of the desirability, or otherwise, of a large brain in 

 the horse. 



Fig. 173. — Coffin Shape of Head. 



As seen from the front, the bones at each side of the head, 

 from the outside corner of the eyes to the hollow above the 

 eyes, should run nearly parallel to the long axis of the head, 

 and should then narrow inwards. This desirable shape is 

 well shown in PI. 24. If the reader will compare this 

 photograph with PI. 25 he will see my meaning; for in the 

 latter, the line from the outside corner of the eye to the base 

 of the ear is nearly straight. This peculiarity and a certain 

 fulness of nose (which is very different to the fine modelling 

 of the nose in PI. 24) gives a coffin shape {see Fig. 173) to 



