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Excerpt from The Farmer's and Horseman's True Guide: Pointing Out the Perfections and Imperfections of the Horse, With Cures for His Diseases, and for Neat Cattle and Sheep
The persons about to purchase a horse, should not only keep in mind the color, height, and price of a horse, but also the usual defects of the country; such as faulty sight, flat hoof, too brittle, or too soft, and affections of the lungs.
Those things being well thought of, the purchaser will look at the horse Sideways, at a tolerably distance; he will choose him as nearly as possible one tenth lon ger than he is high, measuring from the breast to the quarter, and from the withers to the ground, so that if the horse be five feet high, his length should be five feet and a half.
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