Part I. PerfeSt Farrier. 5 5J 



bad Walk. Therefore it is not altogether enough 

 to confider in a Walk thefe three Anions of the Leg, 

 but you muft alfo obferyC if he walk Quickly, Lightly^ 

 Eafily and Surely. 



To walk Quickly, is to advance confiderably up- 

 on the Step : Now every one is a competent 

 Judge to know whether he fteps quickly or flow- 

 ly upon his Walk, and therefore I fhall fay no more 

 of it. 



To walk Lightly, is to be light on the hand ; that 

 is, he mould not prefs or reft too much upon the Bitt, 

 but be always cham ping upon it, keep his Head high, 

 and move quickly his Shoulders. 



A Horfe will walk Eafily if he be united , that is,' 

 if his Fore-hand and Hind are, as it were, both 

 one when he walks, and if they both make, as it 

 were, but one Motion. There are fome Horfes 

 whofe Fore-quarters go right, but their Croup, when 

 walking, fwings from fide to fide, which is called 

 a rocking Croup. And when fuch a Horfe trots, one 

 of the Haunch-bones will fall and the other rife, like 

 the Beam of a Ballance, which is a fign that he will 

 not be very vigorous. 



To walk Surely, he muft lift up his Legs indiffer- 

 ently high : If he does not bend them enough, he 

 will be cold in his Walk, and apt to ftrikeupon the 

 Stones and Clods. This cold way of Walking or 

 Riding is for the mod part a Token that the Horfe 

 hath his Legs fpoilt 5 although many Colts have a 

 cold Walk before ever they be wrought. Moreo- 

 ver, to walk Surely, a Horfe mould have his Tread 

 good and firm, that he may not be fubjedt to (tum- 

 ble, but ride fecurely. 



The Opinion of moft People is to be ad mired, who 

 pretend to know if a Horfe goes well, if he over- 

 pafTes the Tread of his Fore-foot very much with 

 his Hind, which is a moft ridiculous Miftake, and 

 ftould be joined with that of paffing the Hand 



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