The horse and his diseases : embracing his history and varieties, breeding and management and vices; with the diseases to which he is subject, and the remedies best adapted to their cure . eal utility. The height of the race-horse varies from fifteen hands tosixteen and a half hands, or even seventeen hands; but thegeneral height of our best horses, is about fifteen hands andthree inches. Few first-class performers have exceeded theheighi of sixteen hands and one incii. The average, above given,may be fairly laid down as the best height for the race-horse;though it cannot be denied, that for s
The horse and his diseases : embracing his history and varieties, breeding and management and vices; with the diseases to which he is subject, and the remedies best adapted to their cure . eal utility. The height of the race-horse varies from fifteen hands tosixteen and a half hands, or even seventeen hands; but thegeneral height of our best horses, is about fifteen hands andthree inches. Few first-class performers have exceeded theheighi of sixteen hands and one incii. The average, above given,may be fairly laid down as the best height for the race-horse;though it cannot be denied, that for some small and confinedcourses, a smaller horse, of little more than fifteen hands high,has a better chance, as being more capable of turning roundthe constantly recurring angles or bends. The head and neck should be characterized by lightness,which is essential for this department. Whatever is unneces-sary is so much deadP weight; and whatever isfound in thehead andneck, whichis not neces-sary for thepeculiar pur-poses of the AMERICAN PLAJTTATION SCENE. TaCC-horSC, iS BO much weight thrown away, which must still be carried bythe horse. The head, we may say in detail, should be lean. 48 THE AMERICAN BLOOD-HOUSE. about tlie jaw, yet with a full development of forehead, whichshould be convex and wide, so as to contain within the skulla good volume of brain. If this fullness exist, all the rest ofthe head may be as fine as possible ; the jav/s being reduced toa fin^ muzzle, with a slight hollowing out in front, but with awidth between the two sides of the lower jaw where it joinsthe neck, so as to allow plenty of room for the top of thewindpipe when the neck is bent. The ears should be prickedand fine, but not too short; eyes full and spirited ; nostrilslarge, and capable of being well dilated when at full speed,which is easily tested by the gallop, after which they ought tostand out firmly, and so as to show the internal lining neck should be muscular, and yet light; the
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