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oil somewhat more than a pint, a pound and a half 

 of honey, and a pottle of white wine ; then with fine 

 white meal, knead it well into a strong paste, and 

 keep it by you ; it will last a long time. When 

 you use it, dissolve a ball thereof in a pail of fair 

 water, and give it him to drink after exercise, in 

 the dark, lest discolouring the water, the horse 

 refuse to drink. 



'' This is an excellent scouring, and a cure for 

 all internal distempers. 



'' Now, after exercise, cool him a little abroad 

 before you bring him home ; then house him and 

 litter him well, rubbing him with dry clothes till 

 there be never a wxt hair about him ; then clothe 

 and wisp him round. 



" Here note, before you air your horse, it will 

 be requisite to break a new egg into his mouth, 

 for it will add to his wind. If he be fat, air him 

 before sunrise and after sunset; but if lean, let 

 him have as much comfort of the sun as you can. 

 Coursing in his clothes sometimes to make him 

 sweat is not irrequisite, so it be moderately done ; 

 but when without his clothes, let it be sharp 

 and swift. Let his body be empty before he 

 course ; and to wash his tongue and nostrils with 

 vinegar, ere you back him, is wdiolesome. Having 

 coursed him, clothe him, after he hath taken breath, 

 and ride him home gently. 



*' To be short, what is here defective in the right 

 ordering of a race-horse, your own judgments may 



