1 1 The Compkat Horfeman : or y 



Bones the better : But it is an Imperfe&ion if they 

 fee too high, call'd Horn-hipped, though that Blemifh 

 will in a great meafure disappear, if you can make 

 him fat and lufty. The Croup fhould have its 

 compafs from the Haunch-bones to the very Dock 

 or Onfet of the Tail, and fhould be divided in 

 two by a Hollow or Channel all along to the very 

 Dock. 



Of the Tall. 



The Tail fhould be firm, ftrong, immoveable, and 

 well furnifh'd with Hair. The Dock fhould be big, 

 ftifl^ and placed pretty high : Thofe that have it too 

 low fet, have feldom good Reins. Though fome 

 have it too high fet, which makes their Buttocks 

 appear pointed and unbecoming. 



In tnt Fore -legs are the Arm or Fore -thigh and the 

 Shank ? both which the larger, broader, and more 

 nervous they are, the better. The Knee fhould be 

 fiat and large without any roundnefs or fwelling. 



The Baek-finem being the moll confiderable part 

 In a Horfe's Leg, fhould be big : And becaufe thofe 

 Legs are moft efteemed which are broadeft and flat- 

 ted, the greater the diftance between the Back-finew 

 and the Shank-bone, the better. 



Of ' the V aft em. 



The Vaftem fhould be fhort, efpecially in middle* 

 fifc'd Horfes, becaufe long Patterns are weak and 

 cannot fo well endure Travel. Some have them fo 

 long, that their Pattern-pints almoft touch the; 

 Ground, which is a fign of great Weaknefs in that 

 Part, if it be not alfo univerfal. 



Of the Coronet. 

 The Coronet fhould be no more elevate than the 

 Hoof} for if it makes a Ridge or Height round it^ 

 it is a fign, that either the Foot is dried up, or that 



there 



