re:mules

[A300airbus@aol.com]

you should look at virtually the same thing as you would look for in a horse.
mules have different type muscles than a horse does. mules are covered with
long, smooth muscle, while the horse has more differentiated masses of muscle.
the most apparent area this is seen is in the chest of the mule..his chest
looks more like a turkey breast, one large wide mass of muscle. this  gives
the mule much more mobility than the horse.the difference is more like
comparing the muscles of a mule to that of a dancer and the horses of a
weightlifter..this gives the mule more of a body conducive to athletic
performance in speed and agility. mules have unbelievable vigor..a good mule
generally is far superior over the horse in strength and endurance because of
this.. rick