Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1855-07-26
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Points and Action Of a Coed Horse.

Now it stands to reason, before
breeder Of stock can breed the ami.
mai he wants, he must himself know
the make, shape, and action most de-
sirsble for the purpose for which the
animal was intended. / will enumer-
ate the points that strike me as being
requested in a weight carrying hunt
or. The horse should stand sixteen
hands high-the sire being valuable
for all purposes, should the animal
bred be of defective quality or shape
as the model of hunter-be self
eolored, with a good sized, clean, in
telligent hesd--lengthy ears,fne open
nostrils, good determined eye, strong
neck-.not in depth, but thick through
the middle Of it as it joins the shout
ders, light and cloan about the throat,
not too long, we'll curved SO that
there may be no appearance Of what
is called ere neck, although moder-
ately straight neck is not objection
able. The shoulder should be deep
in themselves, fine and not coarse at
the shoulder points, oblique, covered
with muscle, and not too close to-
gether, the bosom full, and chest
deep and we'll let down between the
fore-legs aud shoulder. The foreIegs
ought to appear, when meeting the
horse in front to be quite out side
the chest, gradually getting nearer
together as they reach the ground.
On looking sideways at the fore-legs
they ought to be when the horse
stands naturally, nearly perpendic-
ular, and not pinned in or about the
elbows, we'll developed at. The back Of
the knee, large and broad rather for
ward, we'll developed at the back Of the
knee, SO the leg may not have the
appearance of smallness, or of be-
ing tied in, below the knee, tendons
should be large in themselves, and
the fetlock should be large to span
and look to the eye of too great
strength and thickness, being Of
moderate length and not upright, but
have proper obliquity; the foot
should be particularly scrutinizsd,
and look the picture of health,
without enlargement, around the cor
ronet, and obiique in the wall, not
wired in towards the heels, open with
a bold frog, and not too coneave a
sole, without any appearance Of rim
miness about the heels-in fact a
foot that looks the picture Of Health
and proportionate in size to th9. an
imal. The barrel should be deep and
well sprung about the hinderMost
ribs, loin broad, well covered With
muscle, not any account arched, rather
have sweep, or the appearance Of
such, with back Of moderate length
attached to hind part with scide hips,
great muscular quarters, not too hor-
izontal, good length, With tail well
put on,not too high, strong dock, land
carried when the animal moves, cooked
we'll out, without the aid Of any slim
ulant. The sthes cannot be too
large, nor the muscles too abundant
around them. The muscles will let
down the hooks, which ought to be
be deep, FIAT, clean, and rather straight
than bent, so that the bottom of the
hook may be, to appearance, broad
sideways, without the neck some
times pereeptible from the monde
velopment Of the lower part Of the
hook joint, this latter circumstance
being the great cause Of SPAWN
The fact is easily demonstrated, and
known to be the Chief precursor OF
that painful malady. The hind legs
sannot be too large, and ought to be
large and stronger made in. proper
tion than the fore legs, partlc-
ularly the fetlooks must be large,
and pastern bones of great size
The quality of the animal ought
to exhibit itself in every motion.
The skin thin, hair Of fine description
NTH the hair of the name and tail
perfectly straight without coarsensss.
Having given a general description
ofthe horse wanted, i. e., horse, long,
wide, deep, and muscular, on short
legs, small looking TO the eye, yeti
large to measure, full of energy with
brilliant action, ! will now make
few remarks on the. action required;
for "aotion," strange to say,is gen.
orally totally overlooked, and this is
a subject on which the breeders Of
horses: cannot be too particular.