OF HORSEMANSHIP. 4^ 



A Horse, though he is ftrong in his Shoulders, in his 

 Legs and Loins, yet if he is low before, will have much Dif- 

 ficulty to colled himfelf upon his Haunches, fo as to make 

 a good Stop ; on the contrary, if his Shoulders and Neck- 

 are high and raifed, he will have the greater Part of the 

 Qualities requifite to it. 



A Horse who is long in the Back generally ftops very- 

 aukwardly, and without keeping his Head fteady 3 a Horfe 

 that is fhort and trufs'd, with a thick Neck, generally ftops- 

 upon his Shoulders. The firft finds too much Difficulty to- 

 colleft his Strength fo fuddenly, in order to put himfelf upon 

 his Haunches, and the other is not able to call it out, and 

 diflribute it witK Vigour through his Limbs- — In effecl, when 

 a Horfe gallops, the Strength of his Loins, of his Haunches 

 and Hocks, is all employed in pufhing the whole Machine^ 

 forv/ards, and that of his Shoulders and Fore-legs, to fup- 

 port the Adion : Now the Force of his hinder Parts being 

 thus violently agitated, and nj3proaching too near that whiclii 

 lies in the fore Parts, a lliort-body'd Horfe can't find all at 

 once, that Counterpoife, that juft Equilibre which charac- 

 terizes a beautiful Stop. 



A Horse which can't flop readily, miicmploys very oftem 

 his Strength in running ; examine him, and you will find- 

 that he abandons himfelf entirely upon his Shoulders ; con- 

 fider likcwife the Proportions of his Neck and his Thropplc,, 

 the- Condition of his Feet, the Make of his Loins and. 

 Hocks ; in fhort, apply yourfclf to the Difcovery ot his: 



Temper,, 



