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out of place, he is capable of all services ^'“and ev^n^that, he 
him, with perhaps the reservation of racn^and^ ^ ^ ^ 
can at a push, often make a g"o cheerful eyes, are in- 
» «w», ■*»», .good »i» 
dicative of good, and (it I iab]e and generous temperament 
horse) indicative also of an at ‘ ,|| T betoken free- 
•»d dupociitioo. I.™« ““rCw S" re c“ S„S. . A deep 
dorn of action, so loins: wide 
girth and long back mbs den ^ lh ? h( , and Urg0 clean hocks, 
hips, freedom ot action , long „ ■ energetic horse has 
*» -™* pmp.iiing 
generally a large eye, «n« “ ‘ g ’ d bas usua lly a small sunken 
skin, and clean limbs. ‘"'i “ears are large and sloping, and 
eye, in a large heavy hear ' alrn0r4t always small, muzzle fleshy, 
seldom move, the nostril tai | drooping and not unfre- 
ribs flat, belly P ( ’ n 'j: u ' \ preliminary remarks we will proceed 
quently very full. '\ 11 ' ( . base . The best time to view a horse 
to the examination foi 1 . stable, as if there is any 
b early in the morning, m the^^ ^ ^ it will 
tendency to swolle => horse should always be ex- 
then be most apparent. _ pc | a ily if he is being examined 
amined from a state ot ,<!, '> V; there are any symptons 
by a non-professional or a i ' exerc ised, such as sweat 
of his having been Pf^ ous ‘> ' been recently washed, it is 
about his withers or hu legs, h. ^ ti „ <;00 |. There is 
advisable that he should be lott i beoom es less apparent 
more than one species of auien > tendenC y to swollen legs, a 
after exercise, and where t »«* . ‘ gne |,; s legs and render them 
smart trot and grooming will of t - dness system should be 
clean. In examining a horse fo • d _ The prospective 
observed, otherwise defects n"c < ; . imme diately note how 
buyer should, on walking into the h {or the space of a 
the horse is standing ond ^ ^ on all four leg* 
few seconds, whether he s an ' {eet one will P>° ,a . ’ ^ f 
If there is any complaint in the t other> or he > ll e 
“pointed,” that is, Rxten ^, d p S k in- one up and setting theot her 
quently alter the position <* ■ 1 ) u ,, bt under the body o 
down for the hind legs wdl be A ny of these -symp 
the fore feet of some portion t> feet when you see 
toms should direct your attention ^ s (k) noD allow the 
horse out. During these casual obse ^ ^ Note also 
horse to be touched or mterf Qr win dsuoks , jfc 
during this time whether the vhilst you are '^‘ fa r h * n " llwse 
he does not show those sy m P 1 ' Qr n()t he is addic e 
can easily be ascertained w _ the manger ot d 
habits, by careful examination ^ him roun d, watching 
Now let the groom go to tl 
