A HORSE'S HEAD PULLED UP BY THE BEARING-REIN. A HORSE'S HEAD WITHOUT THE BEARING-REIN.
But he is asked to inspect the representations. Let him look well and long at them; then declare which appears most at ease. Let his heart instruct his eyes, and, to its teaching, let him subject his liking; for there can be no beauty where constraint is perceptible. In the most vigorous of the ancient statuary repose may be absent, the muscles may be strained and the attitude violent; still all the parts balance. "Yes," it may be replied, "but in the Elgin marbles the horses' heads are thrown back." So they are; but not fixed back. The horses are ridden without bridles. The elevation of the head, therefore, denotes spirit, and represents no more than the action of a moment. The modern carriage horse, whether galloping, trotting, or standing still, always has the head in one attitude, save when the muzzle is thrown into the air to ease, for an instant, the pained angles of the mouth, inhumanly tugged at by the bearing-rein.
Which of the foregoing engravings looks most at ease? Does not the fashionable horse appear suffering constraint and torture? The face is disguised and concealed by the harness; but enough is left visible to suggest the agony compulsion inflicts. "Pride," says the proverb, "has no feeling." Therefore, no expectation is formed of any appeal to the fashionable circles; but by the ignorance of the public is this barbarity licensed. Were the mass properly informed, the hooting of the populace would soon drive fashion into a more humane usage.
THE HEALTHY LARYNX.
1. The thyro-hyordeus muscle.
2. The crico-thyroideus muscle.
3. The arytenoideus muscle.
4. The crico-arytenoideus posticus muscle. a. a. The thyroid bone.
A. The epiglottis (a cartilage.)
B. The arytenoid cartilages.
C. The thyroid cartilage.
D. The cricoid cartilage.
E. E. E. The commencement of the trachea.
THE EFFECT PRODUCED BY THE BEARING-REIN.
a. The healthy arytenoideus muscle.
b. The healthy crico-artenoideus posticus muscle.
A. The arytenoideus muscle paralyzed and partially absorbed by the constant use of the bearing-rein.
B. The crico-arytenoideus posticus muscle rendered pallid, and deprived of power by the use of the bearing-rein.