Rensselaer Republican, Volume 22, Number 10, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 14 November 1889 — WHEN TO TRUST A HORSE. [ARTICLE]

WHEN TO TRUST A HORSE.

If It Is Intelligent It Will Hurt Nobody. Unless a horse has brains you can’t teach him. See that tall bay there, a fine looking' animal, fifteen hands high. You can’t teach that horse anything. Why? Welt I’ll Show you a difference in heads, but have a care of his heels. Look at the brute’s head, that rounding nose, that tapering forehead, that broad, full place below the eyes. You can’t trust him. That’s an awful good m re, as true as the sun. You can see breadth and fullness between the e rs and eyes. You couldn’t hire that mare to act mean or hurt anybody, The eye should be full and hazel is a good color. I like a small, thin ear, and want a horse to throw its years well forward. Look out for the ioruto that wants to listen to all the conversation going on behind him. The horse, that turns back his ears till they almost meet at the points, take my word for it, is sure to do something wrong. See that straight, elegant- face. A horse with a dishing face is cowardly, and a cowardly brute is usually vicious. Then I like a square muzzle with large nostriis, to iet in plenty of air to the lungs. For the under side of the head a good horse should lie well cut under the jowl, with jawbones broad and wide apart under the throttle, The next thing to consider is the build of the animal. Never buy a long legged, stilty horse. Let him havo a short, straight back an# a straight rump, and you ve got a gentleman’s horse. The withers should be high and the shoulders well: set back and broad, but don’t get them too deep in the chest. The fore leg should be short. Give me a pretty straight hind leg, with the hock low down, short postern joints and a round, mulish foot. There are all kinds of horses, but the animal that has these points is almost sure to be siuhtly, graceful, good natured and serviceable. ---Medical Classics.