CONTENTS 



PART I — HOESES 

 CHAPTER I 



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Choosing a Hokse — Judging 3-36 



General Examination of the Horse 5 



Examination in the stable 5 



Examination in action . ft 



How to estimate the Age of a Horse 7 



General considerations 7 



Examination of the teeth . 8 



Colt — Three years old — Four years old — Five years old — 

 Six yeai'S old — Seven years old — Eight years old — Nine 

 years old — Ten years old — Eleven years old — Aged 

 horses. 



Irregularities in the teeth 13 



Detecting Unsoundness 14 



A blemish 14 



An unsoundness . . .14 



Decayed and broken teeth — Discharge from the nostrils — 

 Impaired vision — Defective hearing — Poll-evil — S weenied 

 shoulders — Fistulas — Capped elbow — Unsound knees — 

 Splints — Ring-bone — Side-bone — Scratches — Unsound 

 hoofs — Thoroughpin — Spavin — Stringhalt — Curb — 

 Forging and overreaching — Interfering — Locating lame- 

 ness — Unsound in wind. 



Types of Horses 19 



The light type 20 



Heavy type 20 



Choosing a Light Horse 20 



General appearance in light horses 21 



Form — Action — Quality — Temperament. 



Detail characters of a light horse 2.3; 



Head — Neck — Chest — Shoulders — Arms — Elbows — Fore- 

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