^6 The Compleat Horfeman : or, 



is the internal caufe of both. The external caufe is 

 the Horfe's riding upon hard ground. It is eafily 

 perceived by their not fetting their Feet firm upon 

 the ground in walking. Hoofs round and fblid are 

 feldom troubled with them. 



They are known by looking to the Quarters of 

 the Hoofs upon the infide, which will be cloven 

 from the Coronet to the very Shoe, quite thorow 

 the Horn, and fnch Quarters are commonly ftrait- 

 ned ; Some of thefe Clifts do not afcend fo high as 

 the Coronet, and are therefore lefs dangerous , and 

 altho' they may be recovered, yet it is an Imper- 

 fection, efpecially in fat Feet, which have a thin 

 Horn, where oft-times fuch Clifts occafion fcratches 

 upon the Coronet. Horfes that have the Seymes 

 cannot work but in very foft Ground \ for upon 

 the Street, or hard Ground, the Blood frequently 

 comes out of the Clefts. Cloven Quarters are al- 

 ways a token of a dried Foot and bad temperature. 

 Sometimes the Horn of the Hind-Feet cleaveth juft 

 in the very middle of the fore-part of the Hoof 

 from the Coronet to the Shoe ; they are called Ox- 

 feet : They are not common, but very troublefome, 

 and oft-times make a Horfe halt. 



There is another Imperfection called, in French^ 

 Crapaudine or Tread upon the Coronet, and is a 

 kind of Ulcer upon the Coronet, from whence 

 there iflueth a filthy Matter, which by its fharpnefs 

 drieth up the Horn beneath the part where the 

 Tread is made, in which there is made a kind of 

 hollow or groove down to the very Shoe,and it would 

 feem that the Horn {brinks in that part, # by reafon 

 of that Humour, which inftead of moift'ning it as it 

 ought, changeth its Nature by the corruption it re- 

 ceiveth from the Wound made by this Tread. 



It is a great Imperfection to have Feet too large 

 or fat, or to have them too little. Such Horfes as 

 have them too hrge, are for the moft part very 



heavy, 



