• ON THE HACKNEY AND HUNTER. I93 



faying of old Frampton, or old Bracken, or 

 fome other great judge, that " Horfes always 

 go with their fhoulders." In truth, no horfe 

 with a fmall, fleet, upright fhoulder, was ever 

 a goer. Goodnefs depends fo far upon (hape, 

 that whenever you have obtained hack, hunter, 

 or racer, right in the material points, you are 

 fure of fome qualification above the common 

 run ; you have got either extraordinary fpeed, 

 or great powers of continuance ; which will, 

 again, materially depend upon animal tempera- 

 ment. The material points are, a deep and 

 oblique fhoulder, length, width in the quarters, 

 and free courfe for the wind. 



Flatnels, and depth, are the bans, or princi- 

 ple of fpeed ; but to produce ftrength, good- 

 nefs, and beauty, fubllance is neceifary. So to 

 fpeak, rotundity, fwelling over a deep and flat 

 ground, forms the true {hape of a nag ; this is 

 moft apparent in the counter (houlder, and 

 deep oval quarter. 



A hack, or hunter, ought to be (haped, in all 

 points, exactly like a race-horfe, bating fome- 

 what of his length ; the abatement for the 

 hunter, it is obvious, need not be fo confide- 

 rable. 



As to the defects of Horfes, and parts 

 most liable to defect, here follows a ca- 

 talogue of the principal ; which a man ought 

 to have in his mind's eye, whilft about to make 



vol. 1. o a purchafe; 



