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Title: The Horse : its treatment in health and disease, with a complete guide to breeding, training and management
Year: 1905 (1900s)
Authors: Axe, J. Wortley
Subjects: Horses
Publisher: London : Gresham
Contributing Library: Webster Family Library of Veterinary Medicine
Digitizing Sponsor: Tufts University

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Fig. *29.—Broad Face, lop ears Fi^r. 3U.—Naiiow Face 40 CONFOEMATION AND ITS DEFECTS
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Fig. 31.—Straight Face (Arab Stallion) Viewed in profile, the face from the forehead downward will be foundto vary very considerably. In the thoroughbred and the Arab it isusually straiglit or inclining to hoUowness beneath the eyes (fig. 31,and Plate V); while in thecoarser breeds the dispositionto convexity is more and morenoticeable as we approach theheavy draught-horse. As boththese formations are quite con-sistent with the most perfectphysiological activity of thecranial and respiratory organs,any preference that may begiven to one over the othercan only be regarded as a mat-ter of taste, and not as havingany intrinsic value; for our ownpart we prefer that the line ofthe face, when viewed in profile,should be neither uniformly straight nor convex, but commencing abovein a bold forehead, should gently recede in its course downward, andagain rise to slight convexity over the lower region of the nose, giving to this aspect of the head a gentle andgraceful undulation (fig. 32). Whi

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