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more pleasant and ex- 

 pressive, and brighten 

 the eye. ' ' Hayes quotes^ 

 Carson, who states that 

 "there can be no 

 greater ornament than 

 long, fine, active look- 

 ing, upright, tolerably 

 close-set ears, with the 

 points a little inclined 

 toward each other. I 

 never saw a soft consti- 

 tutioned horse with 

 ears of this descrip- 

 tion. ' ' Fearnsley, writ- 

 ing of the ears, says,' 

 "they ought not to be 

 too large, indeed they 

 can hardly be ' too 

 small." The carriage 

 of the ears indicates 

 ability of hearing and something of the disposition. 

 Horses more or less deaf tend to keep the ears point- 

 ing forward or to one side, as though listening for sounds. 

 Considerable play of the cars, or change of position, in- 

 dicates an active disposition and interest in what is taking 

 place about him. Ears rather constantly inclined to the 

 rear are generally regarded as indicating a mean disposi- 

 tion. Lop ears denote a stolid or sluggish temperament, and 

 not infrequently are a feature of old age. 



The neck of the draft horse should be of moderate 

 length, muscular, yet not too thick, slightly arched, and 

 neatly attached to the head and shoulders. A moderate 

 length, with a tendency to shortness, is desirable in the 

 draft horse, for the muscles of the neck are called into use 



"The Points of the Horse, 3d ed., 1904, p. 210. 



^ Lessons in Horse Judging. WilUam Fearnsley, London, 1879, p. 49, 



Fig. 35.- 



-"The ear Is an Important evi- 

 (Jence of quality." 



