The morning call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1878-1895, 1894-06-03

than she requires for the side-saddle and
looks much more comfortable. If the sad
dler Is also to be used in harness an ami
NAL 10 hands high. muscular and we'll
developed, is quite equal to The task,
if he be equipped with a good collar.
Of comfortably drawing a lady's park
phaetOn, which is about the hardest
pulling single vehicle ever put behind
horse. An animal for lady's use should
not be under Z or years old, and it is
! hardly worth while, unless you know that
particular horse well, to buy one over 10
years old. A horse well cared for usually
does his best work after that age, but the
10-year-old horse that appears in the mar
ket has usually seen his best days.
The color of the horse you should buy is
very largely a matter of choice. Most
women, for some occalt reason beyond my
power to explain, prefer a black horse.
The best, however, for all-round purposes.
is a bay. The black horse, poetry and
romantic legend to the contrary notwitb-
standing, Is apt to be sluggish and heavy
In his motions. The reason Tor this does
not lie in his color, hut in the ancestry
from which that color is derived. The
black-cOated animal traces back. more or
| less remotely, to the enormous, powerful,
kindly natured but aforementioned Nor
man draught stock, and comes honestly
| enough by his sluggish blood.
The chestnut animal is handsome,
always stylish and a kindly, intelligent
mount, but nervous and high strung, usu-
ally dreadlng the whip, and, with the soT-
rel, has less endurance than the bay. Just
now there IS a within for duns, and they
are very fashionable, but society has had
this within before, and it is apt to be short
lived. Dun was, in all probability, the
color OF the primitive horse. 1t is color
that rarely appears In a highly bred anil
NAL, and is too indicative of lowly origin
to be long popular.
To begin at the beginning, your horse
should have a small head, and not too
"meaty." That is, the bones Should be
prominent, the forehead broad and fat
above the eyes, with good space between
| the ears, which should be short, pointed
and free from long hairs. The eye should
be prominent and cIear-the eye of
gentle horse is rather sleepy look
Ing. in repose. blinking mildly as he re-
turns your gaze The white should not
| show; always dislrust the eye that is
rolled askance at you, showing the white.
a gentle eye Will sometimes be rolled
back so as 10 show the white. but there is
an unmistakabIe difference between it and
the roll OF the vicious or nervous orb.
If the forehead bulges, the animal is
stubborn; if it recedes, intelligence will
be lacking The jaw should. be wide as 1T
ears the throat, tapering down to the
muZZle. The upper lip should be long and
flexible Uhe blunt muzzIe indicates
coarse blood, and the nOstris should be
large and well opened. The neck should
be long and slender, supporting the head
well, the name straight and not too thick.
Look out for any clouded appearance
of the eye. 1t may be all right
but may mean blindness. A blind horse
will often wink or dodge if you approach
your hand TO his blind eye-hearing and
smell warning him TO be on the defensive
but the blind eye is irresponsve to light,
and should always be tested by it.
fhe shoulder should be set obliquely.
The horse with straight shoulder is
liable to stumble; the arm should join the
shoulderolade at sharp angle at the point
OF the shoulder, which should turn neither
Inward nor outward, but should stand
we'll from the body. The muscles of
the shoulder and arm should be hard
and powerful. Fat is not wanted here,
and the knees should be broad and
hat, the bone running 30 a little point
at the back OF the JOINT, The canon bone
the bone between the knee and paSiern, or
ankle, should be free from splnts or blem-
lshes, aud the back tendon shOuld stand
out well from the bone. The foreeg should
be nat from before backward. The pas
tern should be short, the joint supple and
Tree from wlndputfs (rOund unsighty swell
lhRs), the forehoOfs round and of good
size, deep. not fiat. with broad frog and
well-opeDed heels. Examine any little
OaTK spots that may appear in the hoof-
corns may be lurking there.
The barrel should be round, the chest
fairly broad, not too broad if speed is de-
sired, but deep, to give room for heart and
lungs. the ribs should be close together.
the back short and the belly long The
loins should be slightly arched and the
headquarters should be muscular. the
Group broad and the tail not set too low
sure ign of mongrel horse. The hooks
like the knees, should be large, affordine
good attachment for the tendons, which
as in the forelegs, should stand ont
free from the bone. When the horse Is
standing level the hooks should be on a