The Washington times., 1904-07-10
Four Types of Horses
From Which Good
Prices Can Be Had.
Easily Distinguished By
Experts Who Know
the Game.
Old HorSeman Warns
Against the Wiles of
the Wicked.

strong in all directions, the bone form
ing the back part somewhat prominent
Knee 10 fetlock joint: Cannon short.
broad. fat, and clean; tendons standing
out plainly. hard, and whipcordy- The
lines of demarcation between tendon and
Iigament and between igament and
bone must be well supported beneath the
knee. nos showing any tendency Of
weakness.
Fetlocks: Strong and well supported.
Front pastern: Strong. medium length,
and oblioue.
Front feet: Rather smaller in proper
ton than in other breeds. round, strong,
and fairly deep wall, sole concave. frog
well developed; heels full and not too
deep; toes neither turning in nor cut
while standing.
Body: Back strong and inclined to be
short. with a long underline; lion broad
and well muscled; ribs well sprung and
Of good depth.
Group: Wen muscied, carried out
straight to tail. which should be full
haired and very styIishly carried.
Hook: Deep and strong in all direc-
items; all points well developed, but not
rough; absence OF malfornaIions or
puffiness; point very well developed.
straight on posterior border. the whole
joint clean, hard. and of an angular
order.
Hook to fetlOck: Cannon short, wider
and hatter than IN front: tendons well
marked individually. and must not have
pinched appearance below joint in
front, but very gradually taper in width
from hook TO fetsock.
Fetlock joint: Large, clean cu1. and
strong.
Hind pasterns: Medium length, sIop-
/ ing. and strong.
] Hind feet: Smaller and notfso round
4 IS. the front caes; sole more eoncave;
frog well developed; heel good width and
not too deep.
/ Color: Bay, brown, chestnut, black,
roam. and gray, with reasonable modih-
cations
loose; hair fine. silky. end straight;
hairs of name and tail, although
coarse, straight and soft in comparison
with other breeds.
Temperament: Mild, energetic, not VIC
ious or too nervous.
Action: Prompt. free. and elastic: not
too much knee and hook action, but
going rather close 10 the ground, espe-
cially in the canter and sallop; nc pad
die or roll, and front seet not to go
close enough behind to interfere; good
| straightaway walker
Weight: Cne thousand and fifty to 800
pounds.
Height: Fifteen and one-half to 1s Ia
hands.
Buyer Must Be Shrswd-
1.-The man who follows these rules IN
buying a HORSE said the old horseman,
cant go very far wrong. and is quite
likely to get what he wants. He will
get what he wants. unless the man he
buys from knows more OF the game
and has never had his sense Of honesty
highly developed Honesty doesn't go
for much in horse trades, anyhow, and
1 he who goes a-buying wants TO keep his
wits on the alert
"A good horse is the best thing On
earth, l think; man never had a better
friend. and l wouldn't swap my old nag.
that 1 have been riding for the pc 81
eight years, for the newest and reddest
and ugliest automobile that ever came
down the pike, scattering confusion and
gasolene all over the face Of the land
scape.
That's the reason I like TO see a
chap no matter how green and innocent
/ he may be, get what he is looking for
in the shape of a horse, and not some
| thing that he doesn't at all want