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in the fame manner, as when one fends a fon out to be 

 inftrud:ed in any art, he will put into writing in what 

 he requires his colt fliould be prai5tifcd, before becomes 

 home again. For this will be a direiflion to the horfe- 

 breakcr; to which he ought principally to attend, if he 

 expe(fts to be paid. 



Care fliould be taken that the colt, which you de- 

 liver to him, be gentle, temperate, and fond of man. 

 Of this the owner may be informed at home, chiefly 

 by means of his groom ; who ought to reflect:, that 

 hunger, thirll, and other things which provoke the 

 colt to rage and uneafinefs, come upon him of them- 

 felves ; but that he is fupplied with food and water, 

 and delivered from what offends him, by the affiftance 

 of man. If the groom conliders this, and a(fts ac- 

 cordingly, the colt will be brought not only patiently 

 to endure and perform what is required of him, but 

 will alfo conceive a fondnefs for man. 



Let the perfon to whom his education is intrulled, 

 ftroke and rub the colt in thefe parts of his body 

 ■where he is likely to receive moft pleafure ; thefe are 

 thofe which are moft covered with hair, and where he 

 is leaft able to aflift himfelf, when any thing difturbs 

 him. The groom likewife Ihould be ordered to lead 

 him through crowds, and familiarife him to fights and 

 noifes of all kinds ; and when he is alarmed at any 



colts, and were public riding-mafters ; which proves that the Art was 

 much confidered and cultivated in Greece, even in thofe early ages. 



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