66 The Compleat Horfeman : or 3 



Altho' there be good Horfes of all colours, as 

 there are good Greyhounds of all Marks, yet I fhali 

 tell you which colours are molt efteemed. and fo 

 conclude this Chapter. 



The Bay, Chefnut, Dapple-gray, Roan with a 

 black Head, the burnt and dark Sorrel, the Black 

 with a Blaze or Star in the Forehead, are all good 

 colours. 



I have feen fome very good Iron-coloured Grays, 

 altho 5 ic be generally no good colour. And I have 

 known very good White Horfes, which were black 

 all about their Eyes and Noftrils. 



The Flea-bitten Gray, which have good Eyes* 

 feldom fail to prove good, but there are but few 

 Horfes of this colour until they become a little aged. 

 Thofe that are flea-bitten in their Fore-Parts are 

 commonly excellent } and if they have them all 

 over their Bodies, the Mark is fo much the better. 

 But if they have them only upon their Hind-Quar- 

 ters, and none upon their Fore, then they are rarely 

 good. 



CHAP. XVI. 



Of White Feet, Stars, Blazes, Feathers. 



v A Ltho' thefe Marks in the Opinion of the Duke 

 JtSl oiNewcaftle, are nothing but fo many Abfur- 

 dities, as alfo what People fay of white- footed Hor- 

 fes, that there are four good Marks belonging to 

 them,and fevenbad} yet fince many People rely much 

 upon them, I fhall defcribe them as briefly as 1 can. 



The firft good Mark is when a Horfe hath only 

 his far Fore-foot \ the fecond when he hath his near 

 Hind-foot white. The far Hind-foot white is 

 efteemed a bad Mark. The two Fore-feet white is 

 a bad Mark, but not very common. I have known 



but 



