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The Compleat "jockey. 



Firft then, A good Hoof fliould be fmooth,of Colour Black and 

 inclining to long, fomething hollow and full founding ; fortake no- 

 tice that a white Hoof is not fo good, by reafon of its tendernefs ; 

 fo that it is apt either to let the Shoo draw, or it felf to batter or 

 fpread, by being in too much Wet or hard Riding. 



The next is a withered Hoof that feems to Scale, or have Welts 

 or Seams upon it ; which denotes the Horfe to be aged or much 

 worn by hard Travel or Over-heats; another fort of Hoofs 

 there are, which are called Short-Hoofs, and are fo brittle, that 

 they will not bear any Shooe above a Day at the moft, if rid 

 or laboured ; if his Hoof be exceeding round, it is bad for 

 deep and dirty Ways, by reafon the Horfe cannot tread fure ; a 

 flat Hoot that is light and full of Pores or Holes, is a fign of his 

 being foundred ; if you perceive by ftriking the Hoof a hollow 

 Noife, or that it be hollow within, it fignifies fome internal defed, 

 and an old Fefter not cured, that has wafted the Pith, and there- 

 fore is not good. 



The next thing obfervable is the Coronet, or Socket of the 

 Hoof, the which being well-fleflied, fmooth, without Chops or 

 Scars, and well decked with Hair, is a fign of its being m good 

 plight and found ; but if the contrary, lie is often troubled with 

 Ring- Worms, a Crown-Scab, or the like dangerous Misfor- 

 tune. 



Having taken particular Notice of the former Properties of 

 Goodnefs or Defe^l, remove your felf to the Right Side, and then 

 take efpecial notice how his Head is fixed to his Neck ; fee firft 

 that it be fmall at the fetting on, and fo by degrees defcend Ta- 

 per to his Shoulders, not thick, but rather broad; and oblerve that 

 his Head ftand not too high nor too low, with a high, yet thin 

 Creft, his Mane declinable, long, foft, and a little curling, which 

 are Signs of Comehnefs ; as on the contrary, a thick Jolt-Head 

 and thick Neck, ftiort and Brawny, fliews much Dulnefs and 

 Deformity. 



■ It' there be any Swelling in or under the Nape of the Neck, 

 it will certainly turn to the Pole-Evil or fome Fiftula, which is al- 

 together as bad, if not taken in time. 



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