Horses and riding . se reasons I should prefer a horse thatstood with his fore legs considerably apart. The third view of a horse is to stand behind shows the width of the horses hi^^s and thighs,and whether his hocks are straight. Here, again,though a horses hocks should look straight, it isbetter they should be too near together than too farapart. Looking from this point there are threecurves on each side of the horses hind quarters, theui)per curves being the hips, the second the thighs,and the third curve the second thighs. In a well-shaped horse the first and secondcurves should
Horses and riding . se reasons I should prefer a horse thatstood with his fore legs considerably apart. The third view of a horse is to stand behind shows the width of the horses hi^^s and thighs,and whether his hocks are straight. Here, again,though a horses hocks should look straight, it isbetter they should be too near together than too farapart. Looking from this point there are threecurves on each side of the horses hind quarters, theui)per curves being the hips, the second the thighs,and the third curve the second thighs. In a well-shaped horse the first and secondcurves should be the same width across the horse;the second, that is, the thighs, being if anything thewidest; and the third curves rather narrower. Look-ing between the hind legs, the lower a horses hind SHAPE. 13 quarters come down together before they split apartthe better. There is a fourth view of a horse which is rarelytaken, but which I consider quite as important asthe other three, and that is the view obtained by Fig. looking down on them from above ; that view, in fact,which you have of the wheelers of a coach when youare sitting on the box. Looking at them thus, thehorses body should be the same shape as a hensegg, with the broad end towards the tail. The back 14 HORSES AND RIDING. ribs will then be the broadest part of him, whichthey ought to be. If anyone were to draw an egg,and then put a tail on the thick end, and a neck andears on the thin end, it would give them a very goodidea of what a horse should look like when viewedfrom above. The ears should be near together andcurve slightly inwards (Fig. 1). 15 CHAPTER III. SHAPE—conimwec?. shouldees. HAVixa now looked carefully over the horse, we willtake each part and examine it more particularly. To begin with the head. Standing in front andlooking at it, it should be narrow between the ears,wide between the eyes, and taper down till it isnarrow again at the nostrils. The eyes should belarge, prominent, and bold-looking, an
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