250 SPECIAL POINTS OF VARIOUS CLASSES OF HORSES. 



that, when viewed from behind, the near pair of limbs, in the 

 walk, trot and canter, should move in a line parallel to that of 

 the off pair. Action, good looks, and a showy carriage of 

 the head and tail are essentials in the high-priced hack. 

 *' Mouth" and *' manners" are two other indispensable re- 

 quisites which do not come within the province of this book. 



The Lady's Horse. — A lady's horse should be a good- 

 looking hunter or smart hack, according to the work for 

 which he is intended. He should carry his head and neck 

 particularly well; because his rider, owing to the nature of 

 her seat, cannot keep her hands low down. His fore hand 

 should be inclined to be high, so that his paces may be easy. 

 His withers should not be high and thin ; for if they are, 

 they will be liable to be Quailed on the off side by the saddle. 

 For obvious reasons, he should be up to at least a stone 

 more weight than if intended for a man. 



The Cavalry Trooper. — The ideal cavalry horse should 

 (if price had not to be considered) be of the heavy weight 

 (Fig. 331) or thick set (Fig. 330) hunter type. His chief 

 requirements as regards conformation are as follows : — 



1. That he should be up to the weight he has got to carry. 

 But he should on no account be too heavily topped for his 

 legs, or for the work he will be called upon to do. His loins, 

 therefore, should be strong, his shoulder-blades long, and his 

 legs should be as short as is compatible with the possession 

 of sufficient speed for military purposes. 



2. His legs and feet should be particularly sound and 

 well able to stand work. As he will be called upon at 

 times to go fast and to leap; his back tendons should be 

 more or less parallel with the cannon-bone, and he should 

 have no tendency to undue width of fetlock {see p. 194, 

 et se^,), 



3. His fore hand should be light, so that his legs and 

 feet may continue sound, and that he may be able to do 

 his school work properly. 



