1.6
If the colt’s knees are supple when bending as he walks, you may guess that his legs will be supple when he is ridden too, for all horses acquire greater suppleness at the knee as time goes on. Supple knees are rightly approved, since they render the horse less likely to stumble and tire than stiff legs.
1.7
The arms below the shoulders,The forearm, not the true arm, which X. includes in the chest. as in man, are stronger and better looking if they are thick.
1.7
A chest of some width is better formed both for appearance and for strength, and for carrying the legs well apart without crossing.
1.8
His neck should not hang downwards from the chest like a boar’s, but stand straight up to the crest, like a cock’s;The horse should not be cock-throttled. but it should be flexible at the bend; and the head should be bony, with a small cheek. Thus the neck will protect the rider, and the eye see what lies before the feet.He will not be a star-gazer. Besides, a horse of such a mould will have least power of running away, be he never so high-spirited, for horses do not arch the neck and head, but stretch them out when they try to run away.
1.9
You should notice, too, whether both jaws are soft or hard, or only one; for horses with unequal jaws are generally unequally sensitive in the mouth.
1.9
A prominent eye looks more alert than one that is hollow, and, apart from that, it gives the horse a greater range of vision.
