Ohfervations on Horfes. 95 



without labour, a free breath, a ftrong 

 walk, a nimble, lights but a large gallop, 

 and a fweet trot, to give change and eafe to 

 the more fpeedy mufcles. The marks moft 

 likely to difcover a Horfe of thefe proper- 

 ties are, a vigorous, fanguine, and healthy 

 colour, a head and neck as light as poffible, 

 whether handfome or not, a quick moving 

 eye and ear, clean wide jaws and nofl:rils> 

 large thin fhoulders, and high withers, 

 deep cheft, and fhort back, large ribs, and 

 wide pinbones, tail high and ftiff, gafkins 

 well fpread, and buttocks lean and hard : 

 above all, let his joints be ftrong and firm, 

 and his legs and pafterns ihort; for I be- 

 lieve there was never yet a long limber- 

 legged Horfe that was able to gallop down 

 iieep hills, and take bold leaps with a 

 weight upon his back, without finking or 

 foundering. 



As to all matters of feeding, phyficking, 

 airing, &c. I refer you to the more expert 

 Grooms, or the learned Dod:ors of the 

 Hammer and Pincers. But, as my way in 

 ordering my fteeds is to confult ufe rather 

 than ornament, I always keep them in the 



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