The art of horsemanship by Xenophon & Morgan M. H. (Morris Hicky) 1859-1910

Author:Xenophon & Morgan, M. H. (Morris Hicky), 1859-1910
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: Horses, Horsemanship
Publisher: Boston, Mass. : Little, Brown, and Co.
Published: 1893-03-25T05:00:00+00:00

VARRO.

This extract is taken from the " Res Rusticae," 2, 7, 5. The book was written in 37 b. c, when the author was eighty years of age. The translation is made from the Latin text of Keil.

What the horse is to be like can be guessed from the colt, if it has a small head with well-marked parts, black eyes, nostrils not narrow, ears close to the head; mane thick, dark, rather crinkly, and of fine hair, folding over to the right side of the neck; broad, full chest; large withers, moderate-sized belly, flanks drawn in as you go down, broad shoulder-blades, tail full and crinkly; shanks stout, matching, shaped off somewhat towards the inside; knees round and not large, hoofs hard. The veins should be visible all over the body, convenient for treatment when he is not well.

VERGIL.

From the " Georgics," 3, 79 ff., published about 29 B. c. Translated from the text of Ribbeck.

Lofty is his neck and brisk-moving his head; short in the barrel is he, plump of back, his undaunted breast swelling with folds of muscle. The bays and grays are

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