54 The Compleat Horfeman : or, 



Trench a Forme, which is a Swelling in the very Sub- 

 ftance of the Pattern, and not in the Skin. They 

 come as well in the Hind-legs as in the Fore; and 

 although it be an Imperfection not very common, 

 'tis dangerous, and no other Remedy but firing and 

 taking out the Sole; and the Fire alfo* cannot be 

 applied to that place without great difficulty and 

 danger. There are fome Swellings and Hardnefles 

 which are only fix'd upon the Skin, and are not 

 what we call Formes, but are either a Button of the 

 Farcy, or fome other kind of Swelling not very ma- 

 terial, being not at all fix'd to the Subftance of the 

 Pattern. 



Crown- Scab* 



The Crown-Scab is a kind of itching Scurf upon 

 the Coronet of the Hoof. It is of two kinds, a 

 Moift and a Dry. They make the Hair to flare, 

 and the Coronet to fwell. It is as troublefome an 

 Infirmity as a Horfe can have, and they rarely re- 

 cover. 



Clofed behind. 



I (hall next difcover unto you the Imperfections 

 incident to the Hind-quarters. The firft is when a 

 Horfe is too much clofed behind', that is, when the 

 Hammes are nearer to each other than the Feet, 

 efpecially the Points of the Hammes, called the 

 Hocks, and the dittance enlarges ftill towards the 

 Feet. Such Bow-legg'd Horfes are many times good ; 

 yet they have commonly a weak Hind hand, and in 

 great Defcents are apt toftrike their Hammes againft 

 one another. Yet it is better to have the Hammes 

 bowed inwards than outwards, which is a fign of 

 Weaknefs ; and Amblers are more fubjea to it than 

 others. 



The Hamme fhould be large and full, nervous 

 and dry *, thofe which are charged with Flefh, or 

 grounded, will be fubjeft to thofe Imperfections I 

 am about to explain. 



