1J4 ON TIIE HACKNEY AND HUNTER. 



they are fure to lofe their appetite in work. 

 It muft be noted, neverthelefs, that there is a 

 fpecies of this genus, which may be flyled, 

 refolute horfes; thefe, notwithflanding their 

 heat and choler, will endure to the very laft, 

 and in the hands of thofe who have (kill and 

 ability fufficient to manage them, will beat all 

 other horfes. Of this fpecies, precifely, was the 

 celebrated Eclipfe. 



It is only ringing the changes, to particu- 

 larize the incidental qualities of the cold, phleg- 

 matic, and dull ; they are, among a variety of 

 diforders, particularly liable to fwelled legs, 

 greafe, and difeafes of the eyes, befides being 

 flow, and liable to fall. There is ftill a variety, 

 partaking of the phlegm, and, in fome degree, 

 of the inconveniences of the lad-mentioned, 

 which have ftrong conftitutions, feed well, and 

 are fit for a long day, and conftant work; 

 whofe want of fpeed is compcnfated by their 

 powers of duration ; in a word, ftout horfes. 

 Of the extremes ; the flow, and flout horfe, is 

 certainly of more value than the hot, uncertain, 

 and fpeedy one, in all fituations, but upon the 

 turf. 



The tempers of Horfes, like thofe of their 

 m afters, are various, endowed with a greater or 

 lefs proportion of intelligence, fagacity, and 

 feeling; and it is but too often, the bead 

 evinces the greater degree of rationality. Their 



difpofitions 



