

THE 



HISTORY 



AND 



DELINEATION OF THE HORSE, 



IN ALL HIS VARIETIES. 



COJlPUElILKDIlsG THE Al'PROrRIATE USES, MAXAGEMEM', AND TROGRESSIVE IMPRO\-EMENT OF EACH: 



WITH A PARTICULAR INVESTIGATION OF THE 



CHARACTER OF THE RACE-HORSE, 



AND THE 



iSusmess of tjje Cutt 



ILLUSTRATED BY ANECDOTES AND BIOGRAPHICAL NOTICES 



OF 



DISTINGUISHED SPORTSMEN. 



THE ENGRAVIKCS FROM ORIGINAL PAINTINGS. 



WITH INSTRUCTIONS FOR BREEDING, BREAKING, TRAINING, AND THE GENERAL MANAGEMENT 



OF 



THE HORSE, 



BOTH li\ A STATE OF HEALTH AND OF DISEASE. 



BY JOHN LAWRENCE, 



AUrilOR OF " A PHILOSOPHICAL AND PRACTICAL TREATISE ON HORSES," &c. &c. 



Sllbton Press: 



l-aiNTEU FOR JAMES CUNDEE, IVY-LANE, PATERNOSTER-HOW 



AND JOHN SCOTT, ROSO.MAN STREET, CLERKENWELL, 

 LONDON. 



1809. 



