The weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1878-1881, 1880-10-12
GOOD HORSE.
Graphic Description by a New York
Dealer.
iScribner's Monthly,l

i Il can't explain what a real good horse u.s."
aid one of the best-natured dealers in the
erect. s'They are as different as men in
uying a horse you must look first to his head
md eyes for intelligence, temper, courage and
Unless a horse has brains you can't
bach him anything any more than you can
bach a half-witted child. See that tall bay
mere, a file-looking animal about Is hands
You can't teach that horse anything.
Why? Well, I'll show you a difference in
5@eads; but have a care of his heels. Look at
DE beasts head-that rounding nose, that
3pering forehead, that broad full place below
he eyes. You can't trust him. Kick? Well
guess so! Put him in a 1O-acre, lot where
Z has plenty Of wing, and he'll kick the horn
Ut the NOON"
II The worlds treatment of man and beast
.as the tendency to enlarge and intensity bad
lalities, if they predominant. This good
aatured p~hrenologist could not refrain from
tapping in the face the horse whose character
lad been so cruelty delineated, while he had
ut the gentlest treatment for a slick-limbed
8rrel that pricked her ears forward and
goked intelligent enough to understand all
tsaL was being said.
a"That's an awful good mare" he added.
She's as true as the sun. You can see
,afeadth and fullness between the ears and
a'es. You cam hire that mare to act mean
q hurt anybody. The eye should be full, and
IIAAZel is a good color. | like a small, thin
m, and want a horse to throw his ears well
sirward. Look out for the brute that wants 20
Ften to all talk that is going Oh behind him.
me horse that turns back his ears till they
.smost meet at the points, a my wCfd for
is sure to do something wrong. See that
3.aight, elegant face. A horse with a dish
'fHg face is cowardly, and a cowardly brute is
ways vicious. Then l like a square muzzle
18th large n~ostrils, to let in plenty of air 10
lie lungs. For the underside of a head a
1prse should be we'll cut under the jowl, with
#ky-bones broad anu wide apart under the
81 $50 much for the head,'' he continued.
The next thing to consider is the build of
ae animal. Never buy a l~ong-legged, stilty
'$prse. Let him have a short, straight back
Itad a straight rump, and you've got a gentle,
ANS horse. The withers should be high,
Id the shoulders we'll set back and broad,
ut don't get them too deep in the chest
S he fore-legs should be short. Give me q
Ii etty, straight, hind-leg with the hook low
Ebwn, short, pastern joints, and a round
2zfulish foot. There are all kinds of horses
A5at the animal that has these points is almost
re to be slightly graceful, good-natured ant
e rviceable. AS TO color, tastes differ. Bays
Il towns and chestnuts are the best. Roam
TIC very fashionable at present. A grea
any grays and sorrels are brought here TO
81 ipment to Mexico and Cuba. They do wei
~ a hot climate under a tropical sun, for tn
IS me reason that you find light. colored cloth
g most serviceable IN summer. That cir
is horse behind you Is what many peopl
s I'll a calico horse now, 1 call him a genuin
e-bald. It's a freak of nature and may har
sn anywhere"