Qualis futurus sit equus, e pullo coniectari potest: si caput habet non magnum nec membris confusis si est, oculis nigris, naribus non angustis, auribus applicatis, iuba crebra, fusca, subcrispa subtenuibus saetis, inplicata in dexteriorem partem cervicis, pectus latum at plenum, umeris latis, ventre modico, lumbis deorsum versus pressis, scapulis latis, spina maxime duplici, si minus, non extanti, coda ampla subcrispa, cruribus rectis aequalibus intro versus potius figuratis, genibus rutundis ne magnis, ungulis duris; toto corpore ut habeat venas, quae animadverti possint, quod qui huiusce modi sit, cum est aeger, ad medendum appositus.
What sort of a horse is going to turn out can be determined from the colt: if it has a head not over size and well-proportioned limbs, dark eyes, full nostrils, close-lying ears; mane abundant, dark, slightly curling, with very fine hair falling on the right side of the neck; broad, full chest, broad shoulders, fair-sized barrel, flanks converging downward, broad shoulder-blades, preferably with a double spine or at least with the backbone not prominent, full, somewhat curly tail, legs straight and sloping symmetrically rather inward than outward, the knees round but not large, and hard hoofs. The veins should be visible over the whole body, as a horse of this kind is capable of easy treatment when it is sick.
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