Rocky Mountain husbandman. [volume] (Diamond City, Mont.) 1875-1943, 1877-02-01

ferent in the horse and the mare in the lat
ter it is rounder and more prominent, often
SO. and descends in a graceful and
easy line to the nasal bones. Inc mltpeh
is the graceful curl of the windpipe (which is
tolerablv detached from the neck as it runs
in between the jaws, which gives a fine car
riaee to the head, allows it to be b%roughtln.
and will enable the horse to extend the head
almost in the same line with the neck and
the ears. which, to be perfect, should turn
inward in the name already described. LII
the mares the ears are longer and more
open, in the horse smaller and more pricked.
There are a few other points that strck us as
worthy of observation. AS a rule, the point
of the hock los c%alcis) is large, well-defned,
and prominent, often to such an extent as to
lead many, at first sight, to suppose it was
enlarged from accident. The tendon runs
down in a welldefined way, and, as it were
free from the hook, and giving a particular
ly clean look to that joint; this formation, l
venture to submit. acts in the horse with an
advantage similar to that gained by a we'll
formed heel and arched instep in the human
subject.
We were also struck by the general de-
velopment of the fetlockjoint, pasterns, and
feet, all of which are prominently good;
it is not sufficient to say the pasterns are
long and elastic; all these points appear
larger and stronger and more adapted for
use than those Of other horses: the feet are
strong and open, and placed more in adj
vance of the leg than is usually seen IN 9th
er horses, and the upper and lower pastern
bones by their direction and conjunction
with the foot los pedis) appear to act with
greater advantage: there is great depth OF
leg at the sessamoid bone, and the head OF
the shank bone is also large. There is a
marked combination of strength and elastic
ity in all these complicated joints, which IS
peculiar to the Arabian horse, which gives
great freedom besides more easiness in his
PAGES. which enables him to grasp the
ground and to gallop down hill as easily as
on the flat, and moreover, we thought, &C
counts for his being so sound. Again, al
though the hind leg of the Arabian may be
deeper below the hook than the fore one is
below the knee, we noticed that there was
not so great a difference in size between the
hind and fore legs as is often to be seen
among our ~race-horses. On reflection, this
struck us as an admirable adaptation ofparts
to the respective and distinctive kinds OF
work they have to perform for strength
and depth in the fore legs are evidently re-
quired to receive the weight of the horse
and the force thrown upon them by the i'm
petus given by the hind extremities when
the horse is in rapid action. And if any part
of the Arabian horse could be said to be ex
aggerated, it would be the length of his
haunch and hinder parts generally (%necessa
~ for high speedy, but which we thought is
amply provided for and counterballanced by
the formation of the various parts of thu
fore legs, as / have endeavored to describe
indeed, throughout his whole form it is the
natural appearance of the horse, the beauti
full balance of power and symmetrical adap
tation of parts that cause the Arabian to b
so perfect an animal. 1t must not, however
be supposed that in every true Arabian al
these points are to be seen in perfection, bu
in some they are to be found, and these mus
be considered perfect animals; yet i'll al
these points they are to be recognized in
greater or less degree, and beyond those i
: other horses.-F1user's Magazine.
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