The horse and the hound : their various uses and treatment, including practical illustrations in horsemanship and a treatise on horse-dealing . HEAD OF A RACER. HEAD OK A CART-HORSE. The race-horse should have a black, lively, andrather prominent eye, which denotes a sound con-stitution ; and as horses do not breathe throuo^hthe mouth, but onlj through the nose, tlie nostrilsshould be rather expanded and flexible, that theymay accommodate themselves to quickened respira-tion, as the speed of the animal increases. Butthey should not be over large. Naribus 7ionangustis^^ says Varro, and he is ri
The horse and the hound : their various uses and treatment, including practical illustrations in horsemanship and a treatise on horse-dealing . HEAD OF A RACER. HEAD OK A CART-HORSE. The race-horse should have a black, lively, andrather prominent eye, which denotes a sound con-stitution ; and as horses do not breathe throuo^hthe mouth, but onlj through the nose, tlie nostrilsshould be rather expanded and flexible, that theymay accommodate themselves to quickened respira-tion, as the speed of the animal increases. Butthey should not be over large. Naribus 7ionangustis^^ says Varro, and he is right. Beaut}^ inthe head of the race-horse, however, is only asecondary consideration to the manner in which itshould form a junction with the neck, as on that,in a great measure, depends the goodness of hiswind in a race. His jaws should not only be thin, 46 THE RACE-HORSE. and not approach too near together at the throat,but they should not extend too high towards theonset, or they will impede his freedom of neck of all horses should be muscular; butwhat is called a loose neck in a race-horse, is notso objectionable as in
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