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Again, if he Foam at Mouth by Champing hard upon his Bitt or other- 

 wife, you muft take Care to have a fine Linnen Cloth ready to wipe it oftj 

 and a VefTel of fair cool Water, to cleanfe and walk his Mouth ftill as you 

 obferve Froth or Foam to rile. 



Then having walked him gently to the Place defigned for Starting,you 

 tnuft take off all to his Saddle, and having rubbed him down with care 

 in every part (which mull: be done with hard Wifps) fearch and cleanfe 

 Jiis Feet, aud fpirt fome Water into his Mouth ^ after which, your ieif 

 or whom you ailign to ride him, may take his Back, and oblerving the 

 fair Start put f.viftly on, and run the Match. 



No doubt with goodfuccefs ^ for this manner of Ordering will CeU 



dom fail your Expectations, if your Horfe in himfelf be but found and 

 of good mettl'd f_.imbs and ftrength to bear him out. 



Now I flaall gi\^e the Curious to underftand as neceflary a Point belong- 

 ing to Horfes as has ever been difcourfed of in any Traft whatlbever, 

 the which will be \fiery uieful for all thole whofe Employ it is to Trade 

 in Horles, and be as the Seller's Card, to direft them in that Affair, and 

 keep them from being over-feen or cheated in any Market or Fair what- 

 lbever^ with each particular Obfervation, Rule and Method to be taken 

 Notice of in the Limbs, Body, and Head, as Eyes, Mouth, Nofe, Ears, 

 and the true Manner to know a good Horfe from a bad. 



But to begin, Firft, There are thele things to be oblerved if you will 

 chufe a Horfe that Ihall be for your Turn, and pleafe you in every Part 

 and in all his Aftions, Travels or other Labours, as Hunting, Racing,War, 

 drawing of a Coach, Chariot, or any Rural Service whatfoever, hut take 

 Notice that no one Horfe can be capable of all thefe. 



Therefore you muft chufe your Horfe according to what you deiign him 

 for, and fo manage him accordingly 



But to Imperfeftion in general, the which I will undertake to demon- 

 flrrate in the Ibund Horfe, who is no ways defeftive, becaule in him may 

 lively appear all the Maladies and Mifchances that may or can befall any 

 Horle whatfoever. 



Firft then, be advifed. That whenever you defign to buy a Horfe, take 

 efpecial notice of all his Parts, and the full Proportion of his Body, ac- 

 cording to his natural Shape, or if you can obferve any Imperfedion in 

 his Limbs that may arife by accident, whereby they are leffened or made 

 bigger, take efpecial Care you find out the Caufe of it, if poilible, bv 

 which you may know what you buy, and whether to like or diflike 

 him. 



In which. Your Obfervances in Eleftion muft be drawn from two Head?, 

 the firft of which is general, the latter peculiar or proper. 



For the firft of which, it is to be underftood upon what Occafion 

 you buy your Horfe> or for what ufe he is defigned, what Colour is befi 



A a a or 



