PECULIARITIES AND EXTREMES OF DISPOSITION. 31 



vicious as to be scarcely manageable by the most skillful 

 prudence and effort. 



Now if you will look closely, for example, at the head 

 and eyes of any horse showing a marked trait, you will 

 find, confining your observation to even the eye alone, a 

 corresponding peculiarity of it to that of the animal the 

 horse most similates in character or disposition. To illus- 

 trate a large brown eye 

 rather flat set well out in 

 the head, eyelids thin, ex- 

 pression mild, but sensitive, 

 which is peculiar only to 

 the naturally gentle horse, 

 you have the counterpart of 

 the sheep or gazelle, the 

 most innocent and gentle 

 of all the domestic animals. 

 The same is noticeable in 

 the dog of mild, gentle 

 character, as well as other 

 animals. A small, round, 

 clear eye, set well into the 

 head, or eyelids heavy, ex- 



Naturally Intelligent and Gentle. pression Stolid Or learish, 



you have indicated a sulky, 



unreliable, mulish or bull-dog disposition. Notice the 

 head of such. You will usually find it rather narrow 

 between the eyes, long from eyes to ears, ears inclining 

 to lop back, head rather low between the ears, and nose 

 rounding. Rouse this temper and the sulky unrelent- 

 ing pluck of the bull-dog, hog or bear is shown, which they 

 most similate in form and expression. The first, though 

 greatly excited, remains plastic, yielding readily to control, 

 hardly resisting the most severe abuse by attempting to do 

 more than try to get away. Whereas the second becomes 

 so stubborn, as the blood becomes warmed, as to stand sto- 

 lidly in defiance of the most severe whipping, or plunges 

 madly forward, regardless of consequences. As kickers or 

 balkers they will contest every point stubbornly if warmed 

 up and excited, though submitting readily to restraint if the 

 blood is permitted to become cool, and the better part of 

 the nature is appealed to. 



