The Compleat jockey. ^h 



and in good Health as to Bodily Sicknels or inbred Difeafes ^ the next 

 thing to be obferved is his Ears,for if they be thick, fiilf and taper from 

 the Roots to the Tips, as alfo long or of a convenient Size, well faflened 

 and ftrong at the Roots, it is a great fign of Mettle, perfe^lion Com- 

 pleatnefs, for fuch Ears are an Ornament to any Horfe- 



But if they be contrary, as thick at the Ends,' lolling, and often moving, 

 it denotes him Dull, Sloathful, Heavy and Stubborn, and of a very ill 

 Temper. 



Now if his Face be clean, and his Fore-head riiing, the Similitude ©f a 

 Feather in his Fore-head, upon his Cheeks or any part of his Face, but 

 it; is the greater Sign if it be above hu Eyes, or if he have a white Spot 

 Star, or Streak of a pretty large Size drawn even, or a Snip of White up- 

 on his Nofe it is a Sign he is Good and Beautiful. 



But on the contrary, If his Face feem Swelled, Bloated, Puffy, Fat Dull 

 Cloudy or Lowring,his Fore-head Flat and Sqare, with the vulgar Term 

 of Mare-faced, the Rach, if any he has in his Front, ftanding very low 

 or in the middle of his Face, his Star or Streak uneven or crinkled his- 

 Nofe baird or raw, and the Hair in many places off from his Face are 

 very bad Marks and Signatures of 'great Deformity. 



Again, If his Eyes be fliiniug, full and round, ftand Eagle-like, put 

 from his Head, and little or none of their Whites to be iee\i, if they be 

 full and fparkling, it denoteth him Chearful, Swift-fighted and Comely 

 full of Spirit and of good Nature, yet Fierce and Fiery. 

 • But if his Eyes look askue, feem dull and withered, little and flow in 

 Motion, they denote much Imperfedion, and are unhandfome to behold • 

 if they are the Colour of Foxes or Ferret's-Eyes, he will be quickly 

 Moon-eyed, or Wall-eyed, if not timely prevented. Blind ; if he chance 

 to have a thick dull Film over it, and in it white Specks *, it not only fhews 

 Timoroufnefs in your Horfe, but fubje8:ion to a cauflels Starting, and nlfo 

 in danger of having a Pin and Web, or white Skin over his Sight ^ if 

 they run either Water or Matter, or feem Bloody or Raw, they proceed 

 from an old Surfeit, or an Over-heating, which was done by immoderate 

 Riding ^ Corruption ingendring in the Head by exceeding Draughts or 

 thg like, as dead Eyes that are low funk do^ that if he lives long he will 

 b Blind, and that he was gotten by a very aged Stallion and is of no 

 good Breed ^ if the Whites be as much feen as the Black, it fignifies great 

 Weaknefs, Unnatural and fullen in himfelf 



Again, If you obferve by feeling or otherwife his Chaps or Jaw- 

 Bones Lean, Spare, and large fpaces between them, his Wind-pipe 

 and Wind great, not furrounded or incumbred with Nerval fmall 

 Ropes or the like ^ and that his Neck feems to ih.oot through the Jaw, 

 or be placed in the neather part of it within the fame j it is a^Token of a 



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