^2 ^^f'^'* Complcat jockey. 



or beft pleales you ^ next his Stature, Breed and Likenels, thefe are ge- 

 r.eral, becaule every Man in this will pleafe himfelf according to his 

 Fancy, nor ever can we imagine all Men to be of a Mii:d in this, there- 

 fore k is beft to let them chufs according to their own Pleafure, nor much 

 matters it. 



The next, which is a peculiar or a particular Query, to know what 

 Country Breed he is of, whether Ena;liilior Foreign, to know which, you 

 muft enquire of thole who have had the Breeding of him, or if that 

 cannot be known, by reafon of his being fo often bought and ibid, take 

 thefe particular Obfervations y if he be S^inif) Breed, his Limbs are fraall 

 and ftrait, dry and fpare like a Hart's :i if Barbaryy a fine little Head, and.. 

 a well-let Breaft and Shoulder :i if of Nuples^he is Hawks-nofed, and clear- 

 ey'd, his Eyes feeming to fparkle •, i'i Dutch ov Flemijlj, his Legs will be 

 generally rough, and large Hoofed •, as for French and Eriglif), they are al- 

 moft alike, only the EngLjh are Itronger fet, and more hardy for any Ex~- 

 erciie whatibever. 



Kow to his Colour, for the Colour of a Horfe is much to be obferved,, 

 by reafon one Colour is far better than anotner, tho' there be good Horles ■ 

 of all Colours •, the beft Colours, as the moft experienced do oifirm, are- 

 the Roan, the White, the Lyard, the Bay, the Sorrel, the Dapple-grey, 

 the Flea-bitten, the Black, Iron-grey, and White, but above ail, the Bay 

 is cholen and accounted thr beft, both by the French 2.rA the Englijl}, elpe- 

 cially if they have a Star in their Fore-heads, and their Feet fpotted with 

 white Spots, the Lyard for Courage is efteemed, which is a mingled Roan,, 

 the Moufe-Dun and Grizled were formerly in great efteem, asalfothe 

 Dapple-grey, and fuch as come neareft them, the Iron-grey, the White 

 Sorreland Brown-Bay, Tlato commendeth much the White, whom, Fir- 

 g'll does not eft'eem •, others commend the Black, efpecially if he have a 

 white Star in his Fore-head, or be ftreaked with White clown his Face ; 

 the Black if he be not mingled with Silver-Hair, nor have any White a- 

 bout him, is naught for Service, the Flea-bitten Horfe is always lingu- 

 lar good for Travel and other Labours, and will hold out the beft of any:^ 

 the Yellowiih or Clewed, unlels he be fpotted or ftreaked with White, /s 

 naught, yet if he be VN^ell marked he often proves indiffererit well •, ar^d if 

 he have a black Lift down his Back from the Kape of his Neck to h's 

 Tail, he is excellent good for a Stallion if his Proportion be according^ 

 the Red-Bay ,and the Blue-Grey are much flibjeft to Melanclioly.The Fle- 

 bitten and the Black wi':h White are Sanguine ^ the Roan, the Sorrel arid 

 the Black without White fubje^c to Choler. 



Rutastotheir Paces, V'/hich are thefe. Trot, Rack, Am.ble or Gallop, 

 the which you rauft chule, according as you defign to put In"m to, either 

 tor Racing, Hunting, Travelling, or Fight ; if it be for. moderate Tra- 

 velling, 



