The Com fie at Jockey, 



Beware likewile how to give him any Hay, unlels immediately after 

 his Heats, and then holding a fmall Wifp in your Hand let him pull it 

 thence by degrees, but if his Belly be apt to Hirink up, you may i^ive 

 him more to keep it ftrait. 



Again, all the iaft Week if your Horfe be given to eat his Litter, you 

 muft keep him muzzled as you have been formerly taught, but if he be 

 not fubjed tothe fame, nor to eat any other foul thing, three Days be- 

 fore you Run him will be a fulEcient fpace to keep him muzzled. 



The Day-Morning before you intend to Run him ^ you muft Air him 

 gently, and when you have brought him Home, Drefs him and Rub him • 

 as formerly, and be fure to Diet him exceeding well, omitting no Point, 

 neither before nor after his being carried abroad, only towards Kight 

 you may ftint him of the third part of his ufual Bait, but let his Iaft 

 Diet be full Proportion, as likewile his Dreffing ;, another thing is alio 

 to be obferved, which is, that you muft not keep him out late, but let him 

 be in his Stable at Sun-fet or before, and likewife the Day before the 

 Match you fhall Shooe him. Poll him, and all things el fe that you Ihall 

 think convenient for fittmg him out in the beft wife, but beware that it 

 be not unskilfully performed, for then you may much injure your Horfe, 

 or give him forae caufe to be offended at your Curiolity, or as many call 

 it Adornment. It is reported by Ibme who have had long Experience in 

 this Way and Manner of ordering of Horfes, that feveral are fo skilful 

 as to underftand the meaning of fuch Ornaments, and what they are to 

 be put to, the next Day, which makes them conceive fuch Pride that 

 they will not eat any Meat till the time they have run the Race, unlefs it 

 be forced upon them. 



It is true, all Authors that treat of Naturalities do affirm-that Horfes 

 are moft knowing and fubtil Creatures, and that they are endued with 

 many noble Qualities and generous Perfe£lions. 



Now for Bradfng their Tails and Manes, and tying Ribbons on their 

 Forehead, or at their Ears, I hold altogether unnecefTary, for lb doing 

 does not only offend him, but many times hinders him in the performance 

 of his 'Race, by reafon that they make him caft his Head often to look at 

 them, and if he has not been ufed to them, many times make him ftart 

 out of his Way, and lb lole his Ground -^ therefore in my Opinion, only 

 to Comb out his Mane and Tail (and if they be too cumberfbme you may 

 clip them a little) is the beft Method in that Cafe. 



Be fure there be nothing! eft undone that you intend to do to him, till 

 the Morning he is to Run, for if there' be, it may chance to vex him, 

 ^and thereupon fome Horfes will grow Sullen, annd will not run freely. 



The Mornirg you are to Run., make him a Vifit before it is well light 

 and sifter you have pulled oil. his Muzzle ai;id rubbed his Head in every 



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