The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1877-10-30
The Perfect saddle Horse.

! Col. Warning, in Scribner for November.
1t Is not easy 10 describe the perfect
hIgh bred saddle-horse SO that he will be
recognized ut sight by the uninitated,
and the inflated need no such descnp-
ton. His characteristics may be thus
sketched: He should have, first CI all,
large, sonnd, open heoled feet, with tn"
frog well defined, the pssterns neither so
long as TO be weak. nor so steep as TO
give All unyielding sctioa, rather O!
medium length, and sloping back u little
more than the front line OF the hool; the
egs, between the pastern JOINTS and the
knees and hooks, cannot be too snort,
and the back tendons should be so large
and iuli rs 10 give them the appearance
of width and fatness. The Knees can
not be too large ard iull, nor can the
hooks be too large and bony. The fore
arm from the knee TO the point OF the
shoulder and the hind leg from the heck
to the stihe joint, should be very long,
and muscular, and quite free from lat or
hAbbiness. The shoulder must be very
oping, the more so the better
and OVERLAND with tense and prominent
muscles. The hips and thighs should be
vol loaded with musCie, and II there Is
to be hesby condition at
any point let it be mere.
Owing to the slope of the
shoulder. and the height oil the wlthers,
and To the prominence OF the muscles
over the hips, the back should have tn"
aUpcarauce Of extreme shortnesS, with al
light 80 bat only slight downward
curve; "hardly room to carry saddle Is
tide form in which the horseman express
g., his highest praise This is the prefer
| Mb.e form OF back, but very many thor
oughbreds are deficient IN tins respect.
| Largely AS matter OF beauty the spine
! shopld run back nearly level from
the hips, and the tail should be carried
nigh THE Kentucky blood horse Is often
very defective hereG neck should be
! long and lean, well Nrched, but'not be"iy
at the crest, and furnished with u iHrgc,
loose hanging windpipe below, we'll de-
| fined even when the horse Is NJ rest
| The ears must ba quick, small, ~ Their
srttlng-on and thIn-thrr" l. i.H objection
To their having ~ good length Ia" mead
! may be, hu, is not necessarily, small, INT
! IL should be well shaped, and IL ntt@I b."
rs bony aud ~ free a. possible from iicsti
| il should be so wide and clean between
the laws vs. to glvo ample space Tor the
windpip,; the nostrils must be capsule OF
grea, distensiOn, to allow Tree breathing
| during exertion; the skin should be soft,
the coat fine and silky, and the hair oi
the name and tail, although II mSy be
somewhat wavy, should be Tree from Any
! thug IKE cYrliG ess, and rather scanly
than superintendent. Alter severe eAer-
tion, all VEINS should show ever the
whole body. The distenslon OF these
veins, which are generally Invisible IN
the cold-blooded horse, gives the thor
oughDred one OF his greatest advantages
by Afording relief to the puisatlon
! curing the strong action OF tn" heart
! The horse above described Is quite sure
To have the deep chest aud heart place
which are so important t Strenuous OK
ertion; but many Of the best thorough
hrrds are deficient in that round, barrel
! hooped torn Of the ribs which Is ucccs-s-
nv TO the ruomiest acc mmodHiIuu ot the
! lungs and the abdominal v!scera. y
sound horse having these qualities and
whose sides, back OF the girth, project be-
yond the line of the shoulders and hips,
may be relied upon Tor the most arduous
! work