I MP ROVED, 



Points, in fuch Cafe the Horfe cannot be faid to 

 carry the Weight upon his Back, but rather upon hh 

 Shoulder - Blades. And altho' many jejune and 

 frolickibme Riders mount a Horfe for a long Jour- 

 ney, without firll having the Saddle well fitted to the 

 Back ; yet it is a Piece of great Indifcretion and bad 

 Condud, to negleft fo good and beneficial a Part 

 of Oeconomy ; and whoever flights thefe Precepts, 

 I hope it will be voted Nem. Con. that fuch Rider 

 be obliged to carry his Horfe inftead of the Horfe 

 carrying him, or at leafl to walk half of the Jour- 

 ney on Foot. And fo far I muft fpeak in my own 

 Commendation, as to the Particular of faving the 

 f lorfe I ride fi-om being v>^rung or hurt in the Wi- 

 thers that thu' I take good Care of my Saddles, 

 yet I cannot ride five Miles an End, without feeling 

 novv' and then with my Fingers under the Saddle 

 next the Horfe's Withers whether it fit down, ( as 

 'tis calPd. ) Furthermore it is miOft eafy for a 

 Horfe to travel and carry his Weight upon a good 

 large" feated Saddle, and the m.ore fo, if the Perfcn 

 who rides him be fat and bulky i for then he m.ay 

 be truly faid to carry his Weight in {o ^reat a Coni- 

 pafs, as that it will not gall or fret his Hide, &c. 

 Therefore how prepofterous and unnatural mufl it 

 be for a heavy Man to ride upon a Cockney-Saddle, 

 which may fitly be compared to a filly Man car- 

 r)'ing two Buckets of Water upon his Shoulders 

 with a round Pole, inftead of a fiattidi one hollov^ed 

 and mechanically fitted to receive his Shoulders- If 

 the Horfe be young and his Back not ufed to the 

 Burthen, it will be the more neceffary to ride him 

 with a large Saddle, that his Back may not war- 

 ble, or however as little as polTible ; for if the 

 Weather be not, and Journey long, it will be ex- 

 ceeding difHcult to keep the Back of a young Horfe 

 from galling ; However the bell Method is a large 

 Saddle often fcrap'd with a Knife, beaten and clean'd 

 upon the Pannel from Sv/eat and Dirt, and the 

 Horfe's Back bath'd every Night with a little cold 



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