NOSTRILS

.—The nostrils of a horse are generally a tolerable criterion of his wind , as well as his blood . A horse having a wide and well-extended nostril, may be supposed to po e a free and easy expansion of the LUNGS : this cannot be more perfectly comprehended, than by adverting occasionally to the shape of horses who RACE , and are thorough BRED ; where the form and expansion of the nostrils will be found more than one third the size of such horses as are of common lineage, and inferior description. o.