. The standard horse book, comprising the taming, controlling and education of unbroken and vicious horses. eavy, long from eyes to ears,ears long and flabby, with a tendency to throw them back a little,nose rounding, and nostrils small, show the opposite, or a dull, sul-len, treacherous nature. If the forehead be of a medium or goodbreadth, the eyes good size, clear, and setting well out, the lidsthin, short from eyes to ears, ears a little longer than common, and nostrils large, therewill be indicated intel-ligence, activity, butgreat sensibility ; usu-ally termed the nerv-ous, sensitive hor
. The standard horse book, comprising the taming, controlling and education of unbroken and vicious horses. eavy, long from eyes to ears,ears long and flabby, with a tendency to throw them back a little,nose rounding, and nostrils small, show the opposite, or a dull, sul-len, treacherous nature. If the forehead be of a medium or goodbreadth, the eyes good size, clear, and setting well out, the lidsthin, short from eyes to ears, ears a little longer than common, and nostrils large, therewill be indicated intel-ligence, activity, butgreat sensibility ; usu-ally termed the nerv-ous, sensitive horse,that will not bear ex-citement. From these extremes,again, we have illimit-able modifications, de-pendent upon condi-tions referred 1, 5, 6, and 7give the best expressions of a naturally docile, intelligent 1, 5, and 6 are fine illustrations of the best types of the gentlefamily horse. Fig. 7 is the best type of a sensitive, but very intel-ligent horse, being a portrait of a noted Arabian horse. Fig. 9 is agood type of a very nervous, sensitive character. Figs. S, 10, and 11. Fia. 15.—Portrait of a Noted Vicious Horse in a Rage. 32 IKlSCirLES OF TREATMENT. are modifications of thedull, sullen, treacheroustype. Fig. 10 is a portraitof a very marked 11 is also a portraitof a very noted vicioushorse. Fig. 13 is thatof a mustang pony, themost desperate, recklesscreature the writer eversubjected to 17 is a portrait of acase that up to nineyears old had provedutterly unmanageable,but whose character wasmade so gentle, after anhours treatment, that it was afterward used as a family horse. is a good illustration of the barnyard lunkhead. In additionthere is seen to be a large number of illustrations showing combina-tions and contrasts of character which are deserving of careful size of bone, the texture of bodily structure, the length andcolor of hair, amount of hair in mane or tail, the action in moving,the size a
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