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in my possession. On page 136 of 



from copies of various book 

 the " Countrey Farme " he says : 



You shall take it for the best and principallest note of a good horse if he have an 

 Ostridge Feather on each side his crest, for they are of excellent endurance, and will 

 seldom or never re) re (rear). Againe to have the neere foot white behind, the farre 

 foot white before, to have both foot white behind, or both feet white on either side, are 



THE PERFRCT^N^ 



Florfe-man. 



OR, THE 



Experienced Secrets 

 Mr. MA^KjIAMs 



Fifty Years Practice. 

 Shewing how a Man may come to be a 



General Horfcman 



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Title page and Frontispiece of one of Gervase Mavkhani' s publications. 



all approved markes of a verie good Horse, provided ihat all such whites be under 

 the pasterne ; for to have them higher is a signe of an arrand Jade. Also to have a 

 white starre in the forehoad, a white rache down the face, or a white stripe on the nose 

 are marks of a good Horse ; provided that the starre be not artificiall, the rache toa 

 broad, enclining to baldnesse, nor the snip raw ; ail which are evil! signes. Also a 

 little foot is a signe of swiftnesse, a thinne haire a signe of mettall, a loose throppeli a 

 signe of much wind, and a short well knit and upright pasterne, a siyne of strength 

 and great endurance. 



