. The Farmer's friend [microform] : containing Rarey's horse secret, with other valuable receipts and information. Horses; Horses; Horse-training; Chevaux; Chevaux; Chevaux. â MM pm^p'm TS THE FARMER'S although his baek is as straight ab that of any good horse;) the hips wide, with the ribs coming close up; the rump sloping, (not flat;) the tail not too long, but covered with fine, long hair, rather heavy, while the mane should ho rather light. The quurters, i, e., from the hip to the end of the rump, long and rather wide; the thighs muscular and fully the ham-string enters it soon af
. The Farmer's friend [microform] : containing Rarey's horse secret, with other valuable receipts and information. Horses; Horses; Horse-training; Chevaux; Chevaux; Chevaux. â MM pm^p'm TS THE FARMER'S although his baek is as straight ab that of any good horse;) the hips wide, with the ribs coming close up; the rump sloping, (not flat;) the tail not too long, but covered with fine, long hair, rather heavy, while the mane should ho rather light. The quurters, i, e., from the hip to the end of the rump, long and rather wide; the thighs muscular and fully the ham-string enters it soon after leav- ing the hock. Note, the chief propelling power lies in the hind leg and its attendant parts, con- sequently it is essential that they should be par- ticularly good, the hocks large, angular and bony; the legs flat imd wide, with the cords firm, elastic and well developed; the pasturns fine and springy, not too straight^ but oblique, corresponding with the "^^houlder; the hoofs of a dark color, tough, rather large, smooth and open, i. e,, forming nearly a semi-circle from heel to heel, and con- cave in the sole. A horse that answers to these points will have wind, bottom, speed, and nearly everything that goes to constitute the visible make-up of the most noble animal ever subjected by Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original Hamilton, C. W. [Ont. ] : Porter and Schneider
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