Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1911-02-16
How TO BUY A HORSE.
2, act;oaI Hints on Selecting Amin : ;
That Will &c Useful

in II horse are his feet and legs. for i
is clear that even if he We're &bSi
u;eIy perfect in other respects he
were HE natter with his feet or lpg,
says David liu nm in the Sa;Uii'
Evening Post His feet should hr syn
metrcal in shape and neither to, de-
nor too flat, for the too deep foot
more liHble to become contracted. nud
the fiat foot always gives trouble al,
hard roads. OF these two defec.*
however. the fiat foot is the worse
The limbs should be clean thHt Is
free from f1eshiness-and they shouit
have plenty of bone and substance.
The fore legs should be long from IT,,
horses body down to the knee al
short from the knee to the fetlo, :
joint 1t is well to remember thai
this point is an exceedingly importali
one In II road horse.
The hind legs should be both clean
and fiat. A round leg is always to ht
avoided. and il cannot be too clean
If it looks rs if the skin had been r.
moved. the bone scraped and the SIX
then uui back again. so much tive
better. but limbs as clean as this az
found only on high bred horses ana
are not to be expected in cold bloodr1
or draft stock.
Much hair on the limb is also to he
avoided. There are. it is true. manN
good draft horses that are rather hair
limbed. but the feature adds Othin"
to their value and in a road horse
would lie intolerable. The gambrM
Joint should be strong and we'll devcl-
oped. and it is better that it be rel.
atively near the ground. though this
is not as important as in the case OF
the fore knee.
Jnsolndnesses of the limbs. such ~
srnvins, rin-lonc., and the like are not
much to be feared il buying 'neW'
horses bu, should Always be looked
fer. They are very easily describe Y
but il would lie we'll TO study then
! further by examining some horse thH'
IS known to have then. \ SPAWN i
Il bony embarrassment on the inSi'" 81
the gamb"pl joint
~ ilii- UNIV ~ w CIV '''N - ~
this character thouoh all are ba6
pnou"h-iS hony enlargement run
nine around the ankle between the
hnn' AMI tive fe'lock Joint. SplintS are
small bony en.nr"cmen's on tn" inside
of the fore lp" bet Wern the knee ana
the fet lock Joint They rarely do mu u
harm unless unduly large or situated
/ tI,, hntt ~
stand srunrclr u''on bis lr"s His fr''
should he wei Cnfer him. not sprawl
ed apart and his h"ofI shoul" u"
straight fore and aft. neither toein"
in nor ont.
We now come to the body. The back
should hc short Tho blvd quarters
should be wn'l drvnlnnrd. with the NV
Joints fairly we'll for,""rd Tue hind
quarters are most "'"""ni w'"n TN"
line from the TOW Of the hips to thu
root of the tail j. only moderately
ohlique-ncth"r too str"'"ht nor toe
droopino The s'""i"h'n"Ss ar obi,
uity Of this lin" docs not SNrm to NJ
feet the horses uScf"'n"s very murn
but the dr"r"" hHr" r"n'i"nrd -
one of the POINTS of equine rerfN"1'"n
and rs such should rr'"'V" ronStd"r'
tion whenever rn ;;''l"
The bod :, nu'd I've u ely round g
ard we ri''l"h w." TAFT i TIE
space het'v""r ~" ribs ard the ~
bone Should b" Shnrr. Horses lhHr ="
deficient in thi; rcSupct III" bard k"Cn
erS and rs Il rr'". less SntiSfHrfnli
81,
comuac''y put tonrthcr. The shout
drr> should be slnntin". This r"n
Formations makes II shoulder th't !
both strong ar' "'""'nt. IN tlri"
shoulder is II bad thing and always q