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set on lean head, wide flat forehead, and deer-like, with 

 a large brilliant eye, thin open nostril, deep mouth and 

 small silky ear ; the upper inner hones of the knees 

 and hocks large, having the back sinews clean, power- 

 ful and wide away from the suspensory ligament ; the 

 forelegs being planted indubitably straight, and the 

 whole covered with a fine thin skin finishing with short 

 tough feet, but with large bold frogs. Here is 

 thorough-bred for every country, and no other should 

 be sought after from any country. Devote this build 

 in sire and dam to speed, and speed with beauty will 

 be inherited. Devote it to trotting and trotters with 

 beauty will be inherited. Devote it to hunting, and 

 hunters with beauty will be inherited. Devote it to 

 rearing for parade, and handsome chargers will be 

 produced, while all four will carry their pedigree in 

 their graceful build, and pleasingly animated counten- 

 ances. Arabs of pure caste may be very ill adapted for 

 heavy weights, and they are likely to remain so until 

 they have gone through a few generations in this cold 

 climate and become enlarged ; but on the other hand 

 you will find that English, quite thorough-bred, are 

 often sold, notwithstanding their magnificent pedigrees, 

 for a much less price than three-parts breds of good 

 form, solely because they are weedy and small barrelled, 

 with indifferent legs and feet. For either English or 



