The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1880-06-03
A GOOD HORSE.
The Graphic Description by a New York
Dealer.

The Graphic Description by New York
Dealer.
IScribner's MonthlyI
III can't explain what real good horse
is" said one Of the best n atured dealers
in the street. They are as different as
men; in buying horse, you must look
first to his head and eyes for signs of in
telllgence, temper, courage and honesty.
Unless horse has brains you cant teach
him anything any more than YOU can q
half-witted child. See that tall bay
there, fine-looking animal fifteen hands
high. You can't teach that horse anything.
Why? Well I'll show you difference in
heads; but have care of his heels. Look
at the brute's head-that roundin: nose,
that tapering forehead, that broad full
place below the eyes. You can't trust
him. Kick? Well I guess so! Put him
i'll ten-acre lot, where he's got plenty of
wing, and he'll kick the horn off the
moOn."
The worlds treatment of man and
beast has the tendency to enlarge and in
tensify bad qualities, if they predo.ninate.
This gocd-natured phrenolcgist could
not refrain from slapping in the face the
horse whose character had been so cruelty
dilincated, while be had but the gentlest
treatment for sleek-Gmbed sorrel that
prlcked her ears forward and looked in
tclligent enough to understand all that
was being said.
"That's an awful good mare," he add
ed. "She's as true as the sun. You can see
breadth and fullness between the ears and
and eyes. You cant hire that mare to
act mean or hurt anbody. The eye should
be full, and hazel is good color. 1 like
small, thin ear, and want horse to
throw his ears we'll forward. Look out
for the brute that wants to listen to all
the conversation going on behind him.
The horse that turns back his ears till
they almost meet at the points, take my
word for it, IS sure to do something wrong.
See that straight elegant face. A horse
with aashing face is cowardly, and a
cowardly brute is usually vicious Then
like square muzzle with large nos
trils, to let in plenty of air to the lungs.
For the underside of head a good horse
should be we'll cut under the jowl, with
jaw-bo broad and wide apart under
the throttle.
$50 much for the head" he continued.
''The next thing to consider is the build
of the animal. Never buy long legged
stilty horse. Let him have q short,
straight back and straight rump, and
you've got a gentleman's horse. The
withers should be high, and the shoulders
well set back and broad, but don't get
them too deep in the chest. The fore
legs should be short. Give me pretty,
straight, hind-leg with the hook low
down, short postern joints, and round;
mulish foot. There arc all kinds of hors-
es, but the animal that has these points
is almost sure to be slightly graceful.
good-naturcd and serviceable. As to
color. tastes differ. Bays, browns and
chestnuts are the best. Roans are very
fashionable at present. A great many
gray and sorrels arc bought here for
shipment to Mexico and Cuba. They do
we'll in hot climate under a tropical
sun, for the same reason that you find
light. colored clothing most servlccable in
summer. That circus horse behind you
is what many people call a calico horse !;
now, I call him genuine piebald. It's
q freak Of nature and may happen any
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