ABSTRACT
1 The head small and dry, with its skin almost pressed into the skull.
The eyes large, as though set in the front of the head.
The ears short and sharp, pointing forwards.
The nostrils wide, so that they can plunge more deeply into water.
The tail long, thick, and round.
The animal venturesome and snorting through its nostrils.
Pawing the ground with its hooves and watchful on all sides.
Its limbs quivering when it neighs, a sign of its mettle. When at rest easily roused to quick movement.
Easily stilled again from swift motion. 1 To clean itself it rolls in the dust or snow. 2
3 In hue black, roan, bay, or nut-brown (the colour of a palm or chestnut), such a horse as Virgil praises in the Georgies.
Golden, reddish, myrtle-coloured, grey, or with spots of different hue, as though it were painted.
Piebald, dun, dappled, or skewbald, marked with black or chestnut.
An ashen colour is the worst, though it is suitable for wild horses, according to Isidore; but it is best when a broad, black stripe can be observed on its back. 3
