THE NEW POCKET FARRIER. 



A CANTER OR GALLOP. 



In his canter, observe he does not fret, but goes cool 

 in this pace; and in his gallop, he should take his feet 

 nimbly from the ground, and not raise them too high, 

 but that he stretches out his fore legs and follows nimbly 

 with his hind ones, and that he cuts not under his knee, 

 (which is called the swift or speedy cut) that he crosses 

 not, nor claps one foot on another,''and ever leads with 

 his far fore foot, and not with the near one. If he gal- 

 lops round, and raises his fore feet, he may be said to 

 gallop strongly, but not swiftly ; and if he labour his 

 feet confusedly, and seems to gallop painfully, it shows 

 some hidden lameness ; for in all his paces, you should 

 particularly observe that his limbs are free, without the 

 least stiffness. 



TOTTERING LEGS. 



Now that he has been well exercised in those different 

 paces, it is your time to examine for an infirmity, not 

 easily discovered, and that is what we call Tottering legs ; 

 you cannot perceive it till after a horse has galloped for 

 some time, and then, by letting him rest a little you will 

 see his legs tremble under him, which is the disorder we 

 nnean : however handsome soever the legs of such a 

 horse may be, he never can stand well on them ; you 

 are therefore not to mind what the jockey says when he 

 talks of the beauty of the limbs, for if you oblige him 

 to gallop the horse, or fatigue him pretty much, (which 

 is commonly done in order to try the creature's bottom) 

 you will in all likelihood discover this defect, unless you 

 suffer the groom to gallop him to the stable door and 



