The Compleat jockey, 2j 



up clofe to the Rack in his Bridle, then his Breaft, or Fore-Cioath be- 

 ing taken off, rub his Head, Breaft, and Neck. After that unloofe his 

 Body-Cloath, and rub him well in every Part, but efpecially in the Sad- 

 dle-place, his Saddle being hung up in his fight •, and after he hath been 

 well rubbed with dry Cloaths, cover him up again with a Linnen Coverer, 

 and upon that put his Woollen Cloath, or more if the Weather be Cold^ 

 if Warm, they will be fufficient, but be fure to obferve they are dry- 

 when you put them on. 



After you have girted them clofe upon him, ftop in little wilps of 

 light Straw quite round him between the Cloaths and the Girts, let them 

 by no means be Knotty or Hard, left they hinder him of his Sleep, and 

 make him lie uneafy by hurting his Sides ; when he is thus cloathed, 

 cleanfe his Feet, by pulling out the Gravel or Earth that may have got. 

 into them, and with warm Cow-dung ilop the fame up clofe; after that 

 is done, put about half a fmall Armful of Hay that is very fweet and 

 good into his Rack, bou«d up as hard as poilibly you can bind it, but firft 

 let it be cleared from Duft or Seeds as well as may be, and take not off 

 his Bridle till he has eat it, or moft of it, for it being bound up hard will 

 make him pull it with more than ordinary eagernefs,and then confequent- 

 ly he muft eat it with a good Stomach, but let him not ftand above one 

 hour and a half in his Bridle, but having taken it off rub his Face, the 

 ridge of his Neck, and each part of his Head with a rough Cloath made 

 of Flax or Hemp, but the latter is the beft, becaufe if it be new, the 

 fmell of it is very wholefome, and being apt to make him Sneeze, will 

 thereby cleanfe his Head of grofs and crude Humours lodged therein. 



This being done, cleanfe the Manger of all the fcattered Hay, or other 

 things offenfive that may be in it, then take about two double handfuls of 

 the beft old Oats that are free from Chaff or Seeds, be fure they be the 

 largeft and fulleft you can get, for the goodnefs of Oats is k:nown by their 

 weight, fuch as many do call Pohnian Oats, or fome more vulgarly cut 

 Oats, for thefe of neceifity are wholefomeft and beft ; for if you give 

 your Horle thofe that are Mu% or Wet, they will caufe feve'ral little 

 Rifmgs in the Horie's Body, or more properly termed Swellings, and 

 fuch as be not old breed little Worms in the Belly and caufe pain ; it is 

 very hurtful for to give your Horfe any Oats that are not througly dref- 

 ^cd, for they will not only cheat him in his feeding, but make him flight 

 them ; nor are black ones to be allowed of, unlefs in time of NecefTity, 

 and then thy are not wholefome. 



Therefore be fure when you give him his Portion of Oats, which muft 

 not exceed a Quart at a time, you muft fift them ^o^ that all the light 

 Oats and Husks may fall away, and whatloever elfe you imagine offenfive, 

 as Dufts or Seeds, Straw or other Grain, after' which put them into the 

 Manger, and obferve whether he eat them heartily or not, if he do, you 



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