3 2 The Cotnpledt Horfeman : or y 



paratefrom the Bone, yet their Sinews are fo fmall 

 and fo*little detached, that with fmall labour their 

 Legs will become round, and are called Ox Legs. 



You are next to obferve if the Back-finew doth 

 not quite fail, as it were, juft beneath the Ply or 

 Bending of the Knee. For although it fhould not 

 be fo big there as in the middle of the Shank $ yet 

 in fome Horfes it diminifhes fo extraordinarily, that 

 in that place it is no bigger than one's Thumb, or is 

 fo fix'd to the Bone that it but very little appears. 

 This much weakens the ftrength of a Leg, though 

 few People take notice of it ; and fuch Horfes are 

 for the moft part fubjed to (tumble, or at leaft to 

 trip and ftrike with their Toes againft the Stones. 

 Wind-galls, 



Upon the fides of the Pattern- joints, there come 

 fmall Swellingsfull of Water, called Wind-Galls, ea- 

 lily perceived by the Eye, which fhew that his Legs 

 have been too much ufed, but are not prejudicial un- 

 lefs they be hard and painful, which will in a fhort 

 time lame the Horfe. Small Wind- Galls do often 

 come to Horfes upon a Journey, and go away again 

 with a little Reft. 



Splint. 



Turning your Hand, feel along the fore-part of 

 the Shank-bone, from the Knee downward, to find 

 if there be any Splint ; which is a callous Excrefcence 

 or kind of Griftle, adhering to the Shank-bone, 

 and cometh commonly upon the infide : But if there 

 be one oppofite to it on the out fide, then it is call'd 

 a pegged or pinned Splint , becaufe it does as it were 

 pierce the Shank-bone, and is very dangerous. 



Thofe ilmple Splints which are only faftned to the 

 Bone at a pretty diftance from the Knee, and with- 

 out touching the Back-finew, are not very dange- 

 rous : But thofe that touch the Back-finew, makes 

 the Horfe in a fhort time to halt* 



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