IMPERFECTIONS
.—The term, so far as it is applied to horses, implies little more than what is to be seen under the different heads of Blemishes and Defects. A horse may be very found, handsome, and valuable, yet he may have imperfections not arising from, or originating in, blemishes; as well as not amounting to what is meant to be conveyed by the idea of defects. Imperfections may be considered as slight drawbacks upon excellence, which, although they do not very considerably reduce the intrinsic value of the horse, yet he would be much better without them; as warmth or violence of temper, when put into action with any other horse in company; shying or starting, either in meeting or passing a carriage; uneasy and restless in mounting or dismounting; aukwardness in the gait of any particular leg, although it may not impede the velocity of action.