Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1897-11-19
ENGLAND AND THE BRITISH ISLES

"Thc body or middle piece of truc-made wcghtcarryng
when condition. should present depth of gh good
back arched ons but should be coupled up
closely towards the hip The longest and best weghtcar
speedy present the appearance OF being light the
back ribs The great point OF all lies the hind quarters having
good length 1om tie hip Aoc* with good hooks and thighs;
shoulders which should be we'll placed back together with good
length hip supplying length where
needed slight dropping towards the tail is preferable to
appearance Animals with dropping shape
ally under their launches and possess prOpeng
power The should be muscular and reasonably long, from
knee clock shosh clean with good boneno round
my the eoconts should be upright they frequently
Ahed knees provided the horse has done work preferable
"calve-knce' which have the contemporaries.
Where racehorse very close and welbbed up that
to say small space between the backb and
hip the latter being somewhat deep and round there is freedom of
action popeng power and fine stride The height should be
hands inches to 10 hands
When the chest is broad and the animal stands wide the
ground you may pass him racchorsc speedy and
will be Deep yet between the oearms the chest
Fisherman walked wide the ground but above
Some atrbbed animals with extraordinary appearance of weak
behind the saddle we'll and they have extraordinary
pelng powers
have few pony headed Ted
dngton the pciesthcaded horse for good one
Mr. Dgby Collins, who is authority a breeder, a
horseman stccpechaedcr subject
the racehorsc deliberately and scientifically AS after
naming the little tall that have the great
follows Whatever the weight may be- there
be length and somewhere and the and length there
legs the better decidedly object the small Arab
head which denotes cunning and do not object SIZE
long OF proportion the general frame Large long
sign gamcness good neck a strong deep
broad neck running right into the shoulders mpccptby abhor
either thin weak neck light tapcry archcd pcacocy
neck
Passing Mr. Colns ideas the shoulders the chest
the forc-mbs ribs and back he says I do all
dislike rather hoowbackcd horse they nice sit and
many acc-horscs have well with this Ragged square
hips frequently with hunters and eepechasehorses that
great but seldom successful horses.
"'rom the hipbone the setng-on the tail the
should be level what jockeys call pcacocy and high
setting the tail decided defect Most the frs-cass
horses both the flat and country have their tails
low with long wide quarters approaching what racngmcn term
mean uartercd ~.
But with this elaborate description what good racchorsc
should be- Mr. Collins admits that many trainers consider that
limbs have nothing do with racing that horses in all forms,
that ii they will have in flying handicaps six, five and
three urong, which pay well anything these days and
expected be good enough the Derby Oaks
Icgcr Doncase Goodwood Chester and Ascot Cups, then
mere formation be tyo5oH tic 02o, and the pedigree
sire be carefully Weighed
may be Observed passing that the public interested
useful horses have the the great
until they fail beget winning horses because their
thirty hundred guneas per marepu them OF reach
the breeders OF any kind OF hunter dnghorse intended for sale
POINTS COMPARED RACE-IIoRsEs
compares the points the English with
Abdc RAIDERS description Arab the require
ngecombat desert wahorsc and OF horse destined
tremendous cXeon for less than three minutes may be
glance
Thc horse has short mobile; heavy
thin the checks lean and unencumbered with flesh the
wide the fine, black brilliant the neck long the
chest promnent the wthes high the ons we'll gathered up
launches strong the oebs long the hndribs Short the belly
opng upwards the Group rounded the long like ostrich
with muscles like a camel; the hooi black
-Four things broadthe forehead the chest the Group, the
limbs
the launches
Much
to
pure o speed