The family horse : its stabling, care and feedingA practical manual for horse-keepers . d appear-ance, however, and is a serious fault in a carriage or are some valuable hints by thelate Col. M. C. Weld on good and badlegs: All the training in the worldwill not give a horse good legs, andwith this wanting, the spirit and thesort of style which is developed bytraining and oats, counts in real workand service for very little. A horseneeds both, and then there is somehope for liim. With a good set of legsthe trainer has the right foundation tobuild upon. It is quite a point, ast
The family horse : its stabling, care and feedingA practical manual for horse-keepers . d appear-ance, however, and is a serious fault in a carriage or are some valuable hints by thelate Col. M. C. Weld on good and badlegs: All the training in the worldwill not give a horse good legs, andwith this wanting, the spirit and thesort of style which is developed bytraining and oats, counts in real workand service for very little. A horseneeds both, and then there is somehope for liim. With a good set of legsthe trainer has the right foundation tobuild upon. It is quite a point, asthey say * on the street, to know goodlegs when you see them. It does nottake an expert to tell if a set of legslook all right from the side, w^hen thehorse is either still or in action, but thereal points of view to judge criticallyare directly in front or behind. The feetare round, well up at the heels, large,solid, and free from either grooves andridges running up and down, or fromirregularity in the lines of growth,which always form fine parallel striae Fig. 21.—good hind SELECTI]S^G THE HORSE. 19 in a healthy hoof. It is a suspicious ciixumstance if these are filedoff and the hoof made smooth. The fact is, nothing is a surer indexof previous good health than the hoof. If a horse has a fit of sick-ness the hoofs cease growing, and when they begin again withreturning health they all show a ridge ; so if from any cause onefoot is affected by fever, or a wound, it alone will show it almostcertainly by increased or decreased growth, as the case may be.
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