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2. His legs and feet should be particularly sound and well 

 able to stand work. As he will be called upon at times to go 

 fast and to leap ; his back tendons should be more or less 

 parallel with the cannon-bone, and he should have no ten- 

 dency to undue width of fetlock {see pp. 218 and 219). 



3. His forehand should be light, so that his legs and feet 

 may continue sound, and that he may be able to do his school 

 work properly. 



4. He should have a good carriage of the head and neck, 

 so that he may be obedient to the rein. 



5. He should be a " good doer," and have a strong consti- 

 tution, which will usually be the case with a horse that has a 

 bright eye ; soft, cool skin ; deep rounded barrel ; full flank ; 

 firm, prominent anus ; and is well-ribbed up. 



The Officer's Charger. — A cavalry officer's first charger, 

 with all the useful points of the cavalry trooper, should have 

 undeniably good looks, and a showy carriage of the head and 

 tail, which should not be docked. As he will have to carry 

 less, and will cost considerably more than an animal in the 

 ranks, he should be well bred, and, with a rider of ordinary 

 weight, he should approach the type of a handsome chaser, or 

 well-bred hunter. A second charger should have all the 

 useful points of a first charger ; but need not be so good- 

 looking. The colour will, as a rule, depend on regimental 

 regulations. Speaking generally, he should not be less than 

 15.3. A man at the head of a regiment of cavalry, or of a 

 battery of horse artillery, looks best on a tall horse. 



The Artillery Horse. — Artillery horses are divided into 

 those for the horse artillery and those for field batteries. As 



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