The horse in the stable and the field : his varieties, management in health and disease, anatomy, physiology, etc. . ters, strong hocks,etc., the presumption will be that a horse resembling those forty-nine inshape, will also resemble them in speed and endurance. On the other hand, EXTERNAL FORMATION 99 it is admitted on the turf, that high-breeding is of more consequence thanexternal shape, and that of two horses, one perfect in shape but of aninferior strain of blood, and the other of the most winning blood,but not so well formed in shape, the latter will bo the most likely toperform to the
The horse in the stable and the field : his varieties, management in health and disease, anatomy, physiology, etc. . ters, strong hocks,etc., the presumption will be that a horse resembling those forty-nine inshape, will also resemble them in speed and endurance. On the other hand, EXTERNAL FORMATION 99 it is admitted on the turf, that high-breeding is of more consequence thanexternal shape, and that of two horses, one perfect in shape but of aninferior strain of blood, and the other of the most winning blood,but not so well formed in shape, the latter will bo the most likely toperform to the satisfaction of his owner on the racecourse. On thisprinciple the proverb has been framed and handed down to us, that anounce of blood is worth a pound of bone, and with the above explan-ation such is really the case. But in spite of all this recognized superiorityof blood, it is indisputable that for the highest degree of success there mustbe not only high purity of blood, and that of the most winning strains, butthere must also be a frame of the most useful character, if not always of iiitoiiywiiiii iitiiiiii. FISHERMAN. the most elegant form. Many of our very best horses have been plain, andeven coarse-looking—as, for instance, most of the Melbournes, and especiallythat very fast horse. Sir Tatton Sykes; but in spite of their plainness, alltheir points are good and useful, and the deficiency is in elegance, not inreal utility. On the other hand, there are some strains which unite ele-gance with utility, such as the fast and stout Venisons, which are remark-able for their beautiful frames and neat Arabian heads. But there mustalways be a distinction made between what is really useful and what is onlyagreeable to the eye. There are some characteristics which, over and abovetheir mechanical advantages, indicate high-breeding, and as such are regardedwith especial favovir by purchasers. For these a term has of late years beeninvented, the meaning of which is well understood, b
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