The practical horseshoer Being a collection of articles on horseshoeing in all its branches which have appeared from time to time in the columns of "The Blacksmith and wheelwright" .. . ,as shown by his face, has a quiet disposition and agood temper. Some people remember Eurus and say onlya fool horse will really run his best in a race after all. Itis a problem worth studying whether Eurus doesnt reasonit out that he will get just as much oats at night whetherhe runs or no. So the rogue no doubt thinks it out andconcludes that it is just as safe for him to do as he pleasesand a erreat deal fun
The practical horseshoer Being a collection of articles on horseshoeing in all its branches which have appeared from time to time in the columns of "The Blacksmith and wheelwright" .. . ,as shown by his face, has a quiet disposition and agood temper. Some people remember Eurus and say onlya fool horse will really run his best in a race after all. Itis a problem worth studying whether Eurus doesnt reasonit out that he will get just as much oats at night whetherhe runs or no. So the rogue no doubt thinks it out andconcludes that it is just as safe for him to do as he pleasesand a erreat deal funnier. But there is none of this rogue THE PRACTICAL HORSESHOER. 267 reasoning in The Bards face. His head is small and hismouth is so dainty that he could almost drink out of a pintcup. His head is short, and the brain measure across (see Fig. 158) is not so great as in Eurus. Across the i^, between the eyes, the Bards head is very wide,and his eyes are big, brown and gentle. The Bards leg: ishis great beauty. His hind leg is one of the finest is as thin as ones hand and as solid and heavy as is no porosity or w-eakness about it. The depth. Fig. 165—The Bard. through the chest on the line T T (Fig. 163), is very great in the Bard. The creature is deceptive in appearance. He has to beanalyzed for his fine points to be appi^eciated. He has bothbottom and speed. He is tall to the point of legginess andunusually short from shoulder to cropper. Eurus has verybroad quarters from hip bone to wiiirlbone, the Bard onlymedium. Most people like a broad quarter for a good horses are broad behind and others are large 268 THE PRACTICAL IIORSESHOER. and peaked behind. When a horse is both short and peakedbehind he isnt to be depended ou, many experts , as far as that goes, is he to be depended on unless youcan la}^ your three ttngers between his eyes. The Bard is notably narrow across the hnes Z Z (see Fig. 164), and i-emarkably b
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