i88 THE HISTORY ANI> ART 



that which f>ji led, then is he likewife bound to fol- 

 low, till he can either get before, or elfe the match 

 be loft and won. It is well known that this chace ftill 

 preferves its name in a common proverb, and that many 

 people follow it, •without knowing that they do fo. 



In the fucceeding reiga of James, horfemanfhip be- 

 gan to difplay and enlarge itfelf more confiderably 

 than in any former time ; having received many ad- 

 ditions and refinements from the different matters who, 

 taught and pra6lifed it throughout Europe. 



Public races were now eftabliflied, and fuch horfes 

 as had given proofs of fuperior abilities, became 

 known and famous, and their breed was cultivated^ 

 and their pedigrees, as well as thofe of their pofterity, 

 in imitation, perhaps, of the Arabian manner, pre- 

 ferved and recorded with the greateft exadtnefs. Ga7'~ 

 terljy in Yorkfhire, Croydon, near London, and fome* 

 times Theobalds, on Enfield Chace, when the King was re- 

 fident, were the fpots where the races were run. 



They were performed very nearly under the fame 

 rules, and upon the fame principles as at prefentj and 

 the horfes were prepared for running, by all the dif- 

 cipline oifood, fhyfic, airing, fweats, and clothing, which 

 compofes the prefent fyftem. 



The weight alfo which each horfe was to carry, was ri- 

 gidly adjufted, the ufual weight of the riders being ftated 

 at ten ftones, who were put into fcales, and weighed 

 before they ftarted. All, or the larger part of the moft 

 famous races through the kingdom, were called Bell" 



Courfes, 



