. The book of the farm : detailing the labors of the farmer, steward, plowman, hedger, cattle-man, shepherd, field-worker, and dairymaid. Agriculture. THE POINTS OF HORSES. 44] to the tail-head is truly elegant, giving a very fine top to the quarter, and the plenitude of hair in the tail d k indicates gi-eat strength of back. His eye is good, though somewhat small, the ratch of white down his face is against his cast of countenance ; and having the 2 hind-legs white is also against his general appearance. His disposition is remarkably docile, anff his whole demeanor harmless. His constitution
. The book of the farm : detailing the labors of the farmer, steward, plowman, hedger, cattle-man, shepherd, field-worker, and dairymaid. Agriculture. THE POINTS OF HORSES. 44] to the tail-head is truly elegant, giving a very fine top to the quarter, and the plenitude of hair in the tail d k indicates gi-eat strength of back. His eye is good, though somewhat small, the ratch of white down his face is against his cast of countenance ; and having the 2 hind-legs white is also against his general appearance. His disposition is remarkably docile, anff his whole demeanor harmless. His constitution is good, and he is an ex- cellent traveler. These are a few of his dimensions : from a to b 5\ inches, from i to c 30 inches, from c to d 22 inches ; in all 8 feet 7 inches Length of face 26^ inches, breadth of face across the eyes 11 inches, length of ears 6^ inches, breadth across the hook-bones 30 inches, girth behind the shoulder 90 inches, girth of fore-arm 28 inches, girth of bone below *^he fore-knee 12 inches, hight of top of quarter from the ground 67 inches •J^irth of neck at the onset of the head 39 inches, girth of muzzle 24 inches and width of counter 22 inches. Fig. 437 as here shewn is the portrait of a brown mare belonging t( Mr. George Bagrie, Monkton, near Dal- keith, Mid-Lothian. She gained the fii-st premium at every show of stock she was ever exhibited. The white ratch down her face, and so much white on her legs, detract from her general appearance; but notwithstanding these drawbacks, she is an exceedingly handsome mare. You have only to look at the Plate to observe the beautiful flowing lines of her whole contour, and also the gi'eat substance of both fore and hind quarter. The rise and crest of her neck from b to a, and from e to a, are remaikably fine. The back from the draught-mare. Z> to c is somewhat hollow, and there is a corresponding depression of the belly at i, both the consequences of foal- bearing, as well as a slackness of the
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