CONTENTS 



PAET I — HOESES 

 CHAPTER I 



PAGES 



Choosing a Horse — Judging . . 3-36 



General Examination of tlie florse 5 



Examination in the stable 5 



Examination in action 6 



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 years 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 — Sweenied 

 shoulders — Fistulse — ■ 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 vcind. 



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 23 



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

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