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rattling the hat on the other, the animal is made to 

 move very like a frightened bullock. Why is this ? 

 You go to see the horse, to inspect his eyes, legs, feet, 

 and his natural action which the seller instead of 

 assisting, seems determined to prevent. Does he act 

 in this way because his horse has good carriage and 

 solid pins, or because he has not ? 



I will not attempt to dilate more at present on the 

 form of the horse, but let me ask this fundamental 

 question, "Are horses with straight legs and wide 

 frogs, or those with crooked legs and narrow frogs, to 

 be deemed tlio proper model of good build and shape ? " 

 If the latter, then let us have new human forms also 

 to throw into the shade and to eclipse the Apollo 

 Belvidere and the Venus de Medicis ; two forms with bull 

 necks and bail of cotton waists for instance. Surely 

 that would not be so unsightly nor so painful to look 

 at as horses with bandy legs and contracted heels. 



In conclusion, I cannot refrain from eulogizing the 



Latin proverb, at least the translation of it, contained 



in this dissertation. All horseman, I hope, will 



entirely concur in it, and no breeders ever forget it : — 



" Fortes creantur fortibus et bonis." 



Ponies, that are good, breed good, and useful ponies. 



Here is a clear admission, I hope not unintentional, 

 that " like will beget like." The iustructor of my 



