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vinced that every horfe of that defcription 

 fhould be knocked on the head. They are 

 fometimes ftyled Megrim Horses. They 

 will feed, and even get fat. The defecl; is 

 difcovered by trotting them brifkly about two 

 hundred yards, when they will infallibly fink 

 down upon their buttocks; this they will do 

 upon being put to any labour: it is totally 

 incurable. I have feen but two of this kind, 

 one of which I w T as unlucky enough to pur- 

 . chafe ; and, to amend the matter, he handled 

 his fore-feet with all the dexterity of a pugilift; 

 a vice, no doubt, acquired from the abufe the 

 poor animal had fuffered, in conic juence of 

 his deplorable misfortune. 



A finking;;, is fometimes obferved at the ex- 

 tremity of the back, as if it were parted from 

 the rump by a crofs-line, inflead of the fillets 

 being oval and elevated ; it detracts from 

 ftrength. The hip-bones, being fharp and not 

 handfomely turned, the horfe is faid to be 

 ragged-hipped; a defect., in point oi beauty, 

 according to the rule laid down in Hogarth's 

 Analyfis. 



The large carcased horfe is generally 

 robuft and durable, eats much, requires much 

 water, and digefts well. One with a light 

 greyhound belly is fpeedy, molt probably hot; 

 if loofe, and weak-loined, he is feldom worth 

 his keep. Thefe are fuch as give their jockies 



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