IMPROVED. St7i 



CHAP. XXXII. 



Of Hide - hound Ilorfes. 



AH O R S E is faid to be Hide-hound when his The Sigr.s. 

 Skin flicks fo hard to his Ribs, &c. that you 

 cannot with your Hand feparate or loofen the one 

 from the other, but with great Difficulty. 



Several old Authors upon Farriery have omitted 

 the Mention of this Infirmity in Horfes, for this 

 Reafon, as I fuppofe, that when a Horfe happens to 

 be Hide-hound, and clung up in his Belly, they pre- 

 fently pronounced him Chefi-founder d or Body^ 

 founder'' d : And ( as I have obl'eived before upon the 

 Judgment of thefe learned Gentlemen) they were 

 often m.iftaken even in what they call the Chef or 

 Body-founder : And not only the old Farriers, but 

 likewife the prefent, frequently judge a Horfe foun- 

 der'd in his Body, when in Reality the Ailment 

 lies in the Hoof However, the Terms CheffouJi- 

 der. Body-founder, and Hoof founder, are very non- 

 feniical Terms indeed, as they do not convey to 

 the Reader any jufi or true Idea of the Dillemper. 

 But to return to v/hat we may properly call a 

 Hide -bound Horfe. 



Befides the Skin cleaving to his Bones, his Body Furthej 

 is lean, his Belly gaunt, \ as 'tis called, ) and the Signii. 

 Ridge or Back-Bones frand up, his Guts are for the 

 jDioll Part very deficient of Moifture, his Dung dry, 

 hard, and balled, rendering an offenfive Smell 

 more than common. 



I cannot fay but that Horfes fall into this Dif- The Caufc, 

 temper mofliy from bad Keeping, or Riding, and 

 ufnig them above their Keep, if I may be allowed 

 fuch Jockey Term ; and fuch Diforder happens to 

 them generally upon, or while they are ar, Hay ; 

 which, if not of a good Kind and well fhaked from 

 Duft, very much conduces to render the Blood of 

 this Animal fpiridefs, poor, and vifcidi in which 

 N 6 State 



