Part I. PerfeSl Farrier. 45 



have about four at the Heel, little move or lefs ac- 

 cording to the iize and bignefs of the Foot. 



There are narrow-heel'd Horfes which have high 

 Heels, but fo weak, that by prefling the two fides 

 of the Heel one againft the other, they yield and 

 move, which is a token of tendernefs in the Foot ^ 

 and altho' the Horfe were not Hoof-bound, yet fuch 

 yielding Heels are always weak. 



Some narrow-heel'd Horfes have not high Heels, 

 but on the contrary very low *, but then that part of 

 the Hoofftext to the Heel, and which refts upon 

 the Shoe, is much more ftraitned than that which is 

 next to the Coronet, and it is that which Hoof- 

 bindeth a Horfe : Now for thefe laft, the Tanton, or 

 Pantable Shoes have a very good effect. 



There are Horfes which have the back-part of 

 their Patterns next to the Heels, as if they were 

 pointed, and by that means have their Feet too long, 

 becaufe they exceed the ordinary roundnefs, and 

 extend too much backward : Commonly fuch Hor- 

 fes have very bad Feet, and are for the moll part 

 Hoof- bound. 



Befides this fault in fmall iized Horfes of being 

 Hoof-bound, they are alfo fubjecl: to have one of 

 the fides of their Heels higher by an Inch than the 

 other. This is a fault, tho' not fo bad as Hoof- bind- 

 ing, becaufe Hoof-binding doth for the moll part 

 make a Horfe to halt, and is alfo a fign of great 

 drinefs in the Foot} whereas this proceeds partly 

 from the drinefs of the Foot } and fometimes from 

 bad Shooing : And the Method to prevent it, is to 

 fhoe and pare the Feet every Month, that fo you 

 may keep them from taking that bad fhape. Small- 

 liz'd Horfes with narrow Heels, which never moifl- 

 en their Feet in wet Ground, are moll fubjecl to this 

 Infirmity. 



Hoof-bound Horfes axe alfo fubjeft to have Seyrnes 

 or Clifts in their Quarters ; the drinefs of the Foot 



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