THE FOREHEAD. 171 



the head in PI. 25. 1 may mention that this head is 

 shghtly foreshortened, and consequently does not appear as 

 narrow as it ought to be. I need hardly say that I am 

 aware that the stable term, " coffin-shaped," as applied to a 

 horse's head, has reference to its appearance in profile, and 

 not to its front view. 



Experience tells us that the forehead should be prominent 

 immediately below the brow band, and should be marked on 

 each side by a well-developed lump of muscle which is 

 shown fairly well in PI. 24. This formation is usually 

 accompanied by the possession of pluck and " cleverness." 

 Its good or poor development is, • I regret to say, as diffi- 

 cult to clearly explain in words as it is to show in a 

 photograph ; although its recognition in actual practice is 

 an easy matter. Prominence of that part may possibly have 

 some connection with a good development of the cerebelltiin 

 (see p. 43). 



It is regarded as a beauty for the eyes to be set high up 

 in the head. As far as I can see, their position varies but 

 little in the horse. In the zebra (PL 29) they are set rather 

 low down. 



The bones on the sides of the nose are prominent in 

 youth, but gradually "fall in" with age, on account of the 

 fangs of the back teeth, which are lodged in them, descending 

 lower and lower as the animal grows older. 



This change in the form of the nose will serve to indicate, 

 to some extent, the age of the horse. 



Size of Brain. — Without entering into any physiological 

 argument, we may assume that, as a rule, size of brain is an 

 indication of brain power. According to the classic idea 



