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health. The jaw-bones should be strong and wide, providing 

 ample room for a large wind-pipe. The ears should be active, 

 refined, neither large nor small, carried close and erect and turn- 

 ing slightly in at the tips. Lop ears indicate laziness. A 

 smooth neat attachment of head to neck is highly essential, a 

 fullness at the throat and about the wind-pipe being most 

 undesirable. 



Neck. — A nicely arched and well-muscled neck of sufficient 

 length, carrying the head gracefully, is a highly desirable feature 



Fig. 22. — An American Trotter. A driving horse of good form. 



The American Trotting breed of horses developed in United States. The breed 

 is the outgrowth of a demand for a light road horse possessing speed and en- 

 durance. The weight and height are exceedingly variable. The body is light, 

 narrow, but deep, and the legs are long, but clean, and free from coarseness. 

 All colors are found, but solid colors such as browns and bays are preferred to 

 grays, roans, and the like. 



of the light horse. Much of the style and symmetry of the 

 coach horse is observed in the make-up and carriage of the 

 head and neck. The wind-pipe should be large, and the outhne 

 appear distinct from the rest of the neck. Many excellent road 

 horses have a ewe neck, but it detracts very much from the 



