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MANAGEMENT AND BREEDING OF HORSES 



Volume of the English Cart Horse Stud Book three types 

 of Shires are mentioned. 



First. Horses having the upper lip garnished with a 

 long, thick mustache, considered at one time a dis- 

 tinguishing characteristic of the Lincolnshire horse. The 

 color of the mustache was always black, white or a mix- 

 ture of the two, and invariably corresponded with the 

 hue of the skin from Avhich it sprang. 



Second. Horses having the lips, muzzle and eyelids 

 destitute of hair. The skin in these places, being either 

 bald or covered with 

 exceeding fine down, is 

 almost invariably flesh 

 colored, and is some- 

 times marked with 

 small dark spots and 

 blotches. This gave 

 rise to the terms "bald 

 horses" and "b a 1 d - 

 faced horses." 



Third. Horses hav- 

 ing a long tuft of hair 

 growing from the front 

 of each knee, and rarer 

 examples also having a 

 similar growth from 

 the hind part of the hock, just below its joint. This is 

 very much different from the ordinary hair on the back of 

 the cannons and appears independent of sexual influence. 

 1 his type was more frequently observed in Wales than 

 in England. 



The earh^ Shire of the various types were large, coarse 

 and slow. Their heads were large, ears coarse, and their 

 lips thick; their shoulders were heavy, legs hairy and 

 pasterns straight, and their feet were large, heels weak 

 and the hoof of somewhat soft and spongy texture. The 



Fig. 107. — Shire Stallion "Narden Lad" 



