ON THE HACKNEY AND HUNTER. 2\J 



of proportion. Such horfes, when young, are 

 often lame in the hocks, and will cut them- 

 felves notwithstanding they appear to go wide. 

 They are reckoned fpeedy. 



Sallenders are, behind, the fame as mal- 

 lenders before. Rat-tails, scratches, 

 crown-scab, grease, &c. are all vifible 

 enough, or to be felt upon the (hank, coronet, 

 and pafterns. 



What has been faid of knocking before, ap- 

 plies exactly to cutting behind. Good 

 fhape and condition are a fecurity againfl this. 

 A faddle-horfe ought to be frigate-built, (harp 

 in the keel, and Spreading behind, in the quar- 

 ters; of courfe he ought to go wide behind. 

 When a wide-going horfe cuts, it indicates 

 weaknefs in the loins. 



To go hammer and pinchers, is to over- 

 reach, and Strike the hinder toe upon the fore- 

 heel; the wound thus occafioned was formerly 

 called an attaint. A horfe which throws his 

 haunches well forward in action, may occa- 

 sionally Strike the heel of the fore-fhoes, and 

 Such frequently do it ; but thofe which do it at 

 every Stroke, and difcover it by the noife their 

 Shoes make, are very dangerous to ride; in 

 fact:, fit for nothing but draft. When the thigh 

 is too long, and the angle formed by the hock 

 too extenfive, the Horfe is fubjecl to Spavins, 



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