A treatise on the cavalry and saddle horse : with remarks on racing and leaping, observations on breeding, &c. &c. &c. by Orr G

Author:Orr, G
Language: eng
Format: epub, pdf
Tags: Horses, Horses, Cavalry horses
Publisher: London : Printed by D.M. Shury ... for J. Ginger
Published: 1803-03-25T05:00:00+00:00

CHAP. XXXV

ON HOGGING.

THIS mode of cutting or trimming the mane is so called from the resemblance it bears to the bristles of a hog when erect on his back. When a horse's mane stands up rough and unnatural, and will not lie on either side, it is best to hog it: but that a hog mane might have a good appearance, the neck must be well formed, that is, it must curve regularly and naturally towards the ears, and have a fine crest. Unless the ears are light and handsome it would be better to have them cropped close liud round when his mane is hogged. This mode of trimming the mane does not become every horse, especially those which are large or long backed, nor what are called goat-necked, ewe-necked, deer-necked, oj* camel-necked

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