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easily supply. All that yoa have to do, is to be 

 careful when you take him up, how to clothe hiua 

 and dress him, when and how to feed and water, 

 what and how much exercise is requisite, either 

 by airing or by coursing, and his ordering after 

 exercise, and what scourings are most requisite ; 

 and that I may add a little more to your know- 

 ledge, and conclude this subject, take these ge- 

 neral rules and instructions : — 



*' 1. Course not your horse hard at least four or 

 five days before you run your match, lest the sore- 

 ness of his limbs abate his speed. 



*' 2. Except your horse be a foul feeder, muzzle 

 him not above two or three nights before his 

 match, and the night before his bloody courses. 



*' 3. As you give your horse gentle courses, give 

 him sharp ones too, that he may as well find com- 

 fort as displeasure therein. 



'^ 4. Upon the match day let your horse be 

 empty, and that he take his rest undisturbed till 

 you lead him out. 



"5. Shoe your horse ever a day before you run 

 him, that the pain of the hammers' knocks may 

 be out of his feet. 



*' 6. Saddle your horse on the race-day in the 

 stable before you lead him forth, and Hx both 

 the pummel and the girths to his back and sides 

 with shoemaker's wax, to prevent all dangers. 



*' 7. Lead your horse to his coarse with all gen- 

 tleness, and give him leave to smell of other 



