Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1898-03-25
THE HORSE
BY JOSEPH BATTELL
from Advance Sheets.
copyright Secured
Continued from last 7Oeek.
USEFUL HORSES AND PONIES.

that replaced his feathers long boots in the evening Inc
operation was ingenious primitive and cean but at the present
the landlords with led shirts have followed INC " " ~
breechcs and known
Enduring hacks the old sort now only to be found IN
who look over hundreds OF acres Deo
breakfast country surgeons human and veterinary OF matste
and few other caing which their followers of the main
tracks on to bdeoads In pasture countries the
young hunting usually prefers something better than
that will grow into money But the majority o
prefer Wheels are generally aSreu VIII" any
thing useful that days work Changed indeed are
the time when good roadster hackneywas
much and carefully chosen than the modern
brougham horse.
BEFORE railroads has ceased to considered uncean thing
bv the landed gentry when only few main trunk lines had
country the horseback was still to be enjoyed
perfection by young horseman whose years. health and spirits
could defy the damp days. muddy roads, dark nights ana uncertain
inns the sake of Independence adventure and the ABSTRACT
pleasure there is in riding good horse.
The sage opinion passed Colonel Mannerng, "that
gentleman may be known by horse shared by the
oers who him into their patronsng hands We'll
mounted the young tied by mile two or an
hour and not afraid OF getting little wrong IN Trying
investigating promising green range OF Mis-
buried park OF ancestral oaks Country oK
were wonderfully kind and CHEEKY such traveller stout farmers
returning market Hospitality pressing I'm the northern
counties sque assured the stranger was only travelling
pleasure wonderfully kind face of introduction OF weDred
nag nquing innocent of beard Not unequenV the
adventure Squire his road London repeated
with hounds and dinner with stranger to Hollow
through the where prices moor land had been
highway inviting i'll the morning. and anoruhS pheasant
walking ground tired mile Then there were
many delightful short through brderoads across lords 100
deep Wheels andy suerane OF odgekeepes open to the
a smile, pleasant word and shlng-through
parks rich woodland and deer Oh those were
delightful days. when young and full of life and hope and romance
with good horse sufficiently wehed purse and more than one
friend the road the youth who thought himself man set out
afraid three hundred miles
with definite point reach but no particular day. or hour or
The rider of really good leave him to himself the
very perfect confidence that he will pick his and
put every best place The forefeet of good
hack pace always well forward and fall flat
the ground the action the such that the oreegs work
the shoulders and bent that the rider sitting upright
just they RISE but by means up to
the curb chain Machneke regularity and characterize all
good hacks is the of really good one-but
astonishing how many queer animals tumble at great rate
along good road without getting fall A useful ndng-horse
may have perfect shoulders cavalry otce who was
great authority Rotten Row forty years but they must be
strong the foreect far back to make horse stand
arthorse many useful broughamhorsc No horse
heavy weight with too long back without muscular
ons and wide hips.
Above all things country and long rides the so-caed
their apparent strength close connection with
carthose blood be avoided Almost matter OF course
they straight shoulders and their fOreee too far under
them. For OF blood they tire after couple of miles
rotng they begin step then trip and unless pulled
up fall like logs, without effort to save themselves.
Good shoulders do any young horse
being thin knyD the whers the contrary they
scarcely thick years DID, provided they not thick
the lower ends while incnng their tops well back leaving
great space possible end OF the and the pom
mel of the saddle.
There a which the lower end
with animals oreegs, which, when is
long, the oreeg back and makes the horse stand over
"o get good foreeg action is great pOnt safety
the debut make complete hack the hndeg action must
good The hook joints when moving whether slowly
WE'LL and bring the hndgs well forward and under
him. indeed long he does strike the
foreeg Racing oers their hind feet far before and out
ore-egs. 1t this power and regularity of hndeg action
that horse in his A with