26 



STRUCTURE AND FUNCTION 



ciated -vvitli a corresponding instinct. A colt is not likely to be 

 endowed by inheritance with an instinct to trot and at the same 

 time inherit a structure which is only adapted to galloping. 

 Horses are occasionally seen, however, which, though bred prop- 

 erly, manifest a disposition to do what they are physically inca- 

 pable of doing. Others seem structurally qualified for superior 

 performance of some one sort, but fall far short of doing anything 

 remarkable, because they do not know how. Hence, we know 

 that the highest order of performance can only be attained when 

 the inherited instinctive tendencies are in line with the horse's 

 inherited physical development. 



Fig. 23. — Base narrow, 

 toe wide; nigger-heeled or 

 splay-footed. 



Fig. 24. — Toe narrow 

 or pigeon-toed. 



Fig. 25. — Knock-kncod. 



Schooling — Horses, like men, reflect in their attainments : 

 First, their inherent cai>abilities, and, second, what has been made 

 of them. All the graduates of a given academic or gymnasium 

 course are not equals, either in their mental or physical accom- 

 plishments. Neither are all those who have been deprived of 

 any educational advantages destined to a common level or rank 

 in society. Some from the latter class may even reach a higher 

 rung on the commercial or social ladder than others from the 

 first class. An individual may owe his proficiency to either his 

 opportunities or what is in him, exclusively, or to a favorable 



