26 Domestic ANIMALS. 
forehead, indicating benevolence and intellect ; broad between 
the ears, showing courage; broad between the eyes, evincing 
quickness of perception, memory, and capacity to learn. He 
can be taught almost anything, can be trusted, and loves and 
trusts man; is not timid, will go anywhere, and stand without 
Fig. 14, fastening ; never kicks, bites, 
or runs away. 
“Fig. 14 shows a marked 
contrast with fig. 13 in almost 
every respect; his narrow and 
contracted forehead shows a 
lack of intelligence, kindness, 
and tractability; is timid and 
\ shy in harness, vicious, un- 
¥ friendly, disposed to kick, 
bite, balk, or run away, and 
is fit only for a mill or horse-boat. For all general uses he 
should be avoided, and by no means should such an organiza- 
tion be employed for breeding purposes.” 
IV.—COLOR. 
W. C, Spooner, author of several veterinarian works, has the 
following remarks on color as a sign of other qualities in the 
horse: 
“We have found both good and bad horses of every color, 
and the only rule we can admit as correct is, that certain colors 
denote deficient breeding, and therefore such animal is not 
likely to be so good as he looks, but is probably deficient in 
bottom or the powers of endurance. These colors are black, 
which prevails so much with cart-horses, and sorrel, dun, pie- 
bald, etc.; the possessors of which come from the North, and 
possess no Eastern blood. Black horses, unless evidently high 
bred, are very often soft and sluggish, with breeding insuf- 
ficient for their work; the pedigree of the majority of then 
may be dated from the plow-tail, whatever admixtures there 
may have been since. White hair denotes a thin skin, which 
