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** his Fill ; then he clapped Spurs to him and gal- 

 " loped full Speed, 'till the poor Creature fell down 

 ** for want of Breath, and lay for fome Time as if 

 ** he was dead ; as foon as he recovered Wind, the 

 »* Groom gave him more Water, and galloped him 

 " a fecond Time 'till he fell, and fo a third ; (for 

 ** no Number I fuppofe but an odd one would do 

 *' with this Groom ;) well, when the Horfe had 

 ** recovered his Wind a little, he fell to Coughing 

 " very much, (as well he might,) and by the Vi- 

 ** olence of the Shake call, out of his Wind-Pipe 

 '* and Mouth, a Lump of congealed Phlegmatick 

 *^ Stuff of a good Bignefs, after which the Geld- 

 ** ing was freed from the Dillemper." 



This is what the lafl mentioned Author relates 

 from a worthy honeft Farrier, who had it from the 

 very Groom himfelf who performed the Cure ; but 

 in my Opinion, the Story has Need of better At- 

 teftation ; though if I had feen the Thing done my- 

 felf, I fhould never advife any one to put it in 

 Pradice. 



As I have faid before, a fpare Diet and that of 

 good Nourifhment is moft proper for fhort, thick, 

 or broken-winded Horfes ; and Grafs is bell: of all, 

 efpecially fuch as does not make them grow big in 

 the Belly, as is the Nature of fome Kinds of coarfe 

 Benty Failures. So that by Care and Management, 

 a Perfon may make a Horfe perform tolerably well, 

 though he is Thick- Winded -, but if he is not other- 

 wife a valuable one, I think it is a great Folly to 

 keep tampering with him, for indeed there is no 

 End on't ; therefore it is in vain for me to think of 

 any Method of Cure, otherwife than as before fet 

 down, feeing I have no Faith in any of the long 

 Farrago of Recipes contrived for fuch Purpofes ; 

 and whoever lays out his Money upon the certain 

 und infallible Cure for Broken-Winded Horfes, had 

 much better keep it in his Pocket, towards purcha- 

 fmg another Horfe, fmce that in prefent PoiTeflion 

 is not likely to do him much Service. Yet I am 



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