BACK
—of a horse, the very part upon which the centrical point of beauty principally depends. If he is long in the back, narrow across the loins, flat in the ribs, and light in the carcase, (however well he may be otherways furnished with good points,) he will never be considered either a handsome or strong horse. Horses of this description are in general good goers as to speed, but very little to be relied on in hard service, or long journies.