HINTS ON HORSES 



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Eyes. — The position of the eye varies a 

 good deal. Roughly speaking, from the poll 

 to the eye is one-third the length of the head. 

 The hollow above the eye deepens with age. 

 A large full eye is expressive of honesty and 

 courage, whereas a small eye may denote 



cunning. Showing the white of the eye ex- 

 presses vice. 



White Melville wrote that if he had only 

 one portion of a horse to look at before 

 purchase, he would select the eye. 



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