Homer guardian., 1889-06-14
HOMER, La, FRIDAX JUNE a 1881
"A Coed Horse-EE0v to Tell
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Il can't explain what q good
horse is said Il we'll known deal.
er. "TheY are as different rs men
In baying q horse you must look
hrst to his head and eyes for
signs Of intelligence, temper,
courage and honesty. Unless a
horse has brains You can't teach
him anything any more than you
can u half Witted child. See tlst
tall bay, there, a Gne-Iooking
animal, 10 hands high. You can't
teach that horse anything. Why?
Well, Ill show you the difference
IN heads, but have care Of his
heels. Look at the brute's head,
that rounding nose, that tapering
forehead, that broad full place be-
tween the eyes. You can't trust
him. Kick? Well, guess SO!
Put him in 8 ten acre lot where
he's got plenty Of SWING, and he'll
Kick the horns off the moon"
The worlds treatment of man
and boast has the tendency to
enlarge and intensity bad qualities
if they predominant. This good
natared phrenologist could not
refrain from slapping in the face
the horse whose character had
been so cruelty delineatea, while
he had nothing bat tho gentlest
caresses for a tall, doclle, sleek
llmbed sorrell, that pricked her
ears forward and looked intelligent
enough to understand all that was
being said.
That's an awful good mare"
he added, "she's as true as the
sun. You can see breadth and
fuilness between the ears and eyes.
You couldn't hire that mare to
act mean or hurt anybody. The
eye should be full, and hazel is q
good color. I like q small thin
ear, and want a horse to throw
bis ears we'll forward. Look out
for the brute that wants to listen
20 all the conversation going on
behind him. The horse that turns
oaca his ears TIL they almost meet
1t the points, take nay word for it,
$ sure to do something wrong.
see that straight, elegant face. A
lorse with a dishing facets coward
J, and cowardly brute is usual
y vicious. Then | like square
nuzzle, with large nostriis, to let
u plenty of air to the lungs. For
Ne under side of the head, a good
orse should be we'll cut under the
owl, With jaw bones broad and
'ide apart under the throttle,
$50 much for the head" he con Q
nued. "The next thing to con q
der is the build of the animal, u
ever buy a longlegged, stilty '
orse. Let him have a short. "
,raight back and straight rump, IL
i'd you've got a gentleman's D
'rse. The withers should be IS
gh and the shoulders well set ~
'ck and broad; but don't get -
em too deep in the chest. The ~ ~
releg should be short. Give me ol
pretty straight hind leg, with o'
e hook low down; short pastern q
lnts and around, mnlish foot. "
lere are all kinds of horses, but 80
g animal that has these points W. =.
almost sure to be slightly, grace ~
!, good-natured and serviceable. vs.
to color, taste differs. BAYS. -,
owns aud chestnuts are the W.
1T. Roans are very fashionable -
present. A great many grays y"
l sorrels are brought here for ="
pment to Mexico and Cuba. "
ey do well in a hot climate, po'
ter tropical sun, for the same eu
son that you dnd 'ight-colored 9a'
hing the most serylceable in WV
amer. The circus horse behind 'l'
is what a great many people wa
a calico horse; now, l call him u
snuine pie-band. It's a freak ne
|ature and may happen any. ih'
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