QUALITY IN HORSES 7 



considerable quantity of long hair on the back 

 of the legs, which is often referred to as "feather." 

 If this hair is found to be fine and silky, not 

 coarse and wiry, you will find that it is possessed 

 by an individual that shows "quality" through- 

 out. His skin will not be coarse and beefy, his 

 legs will be fluted, his bone will have a tendency 

 to flatness, showing density of structure. The 

 hair of his mane and tail will be fine, like that at 

 the back of his legs. The eminences and de- 

 pressions formed by the bones of his head will 

 be comparatively finely chiseled. He, in fact, 

 shows "quality" when compared to other mem- 

 bers of the same breed that are equally well bred 

 as far as possessing the characteristics of the 

 breed, and as far as the stud book is an indication 

 of breeding. This is a further example of the 

 fallacy of the view that "quality" and breeding 

 are the same thing. 



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