246 ON THE PACES, AND 



Blundeville, cavetfan, or head-ftraine) with 

 reins. He is faddled, then led forth with a 

 long rein, and, in due time, lunged, or led 

 around a ring, upon fome foft ground. As 

 foon as he has become tolerably quiet, he is 

 mounted, a proper mouth and carriage given, 

 and his paces taught. When fufficiently in- 

 ftru&ed, he ought (in general) to be difmiffed, 

 until the following fpring ; an early period for 

 ferious bufinefs. 



There are fome, who choofe to defer break- 

 ing their colts until four years old, for which 

 they often find juft caufe of repentance, in the 

 ftrength and ftubbornnefs of the horfe ; fuch 

 practice would, however, be at lead fomewhat 

 more fafe, if a favourite method of mine were 

 adopted, which is, to accuftom colts to hand- 

 ling, to the halter and the bit, immediately 

 upon their weaning. 



On the iubjefl, of riding on horseback, 

 it is rather a hazardous tafk for an author to 

 fay any thing ferious, after the immortal Bun- 

 bury 's exquifite burlefque of Geoffrey Gam~ 

 bado, which has convulfed all thofe of the 

 prefent time, who have any tolerable portion 

 of the animal rifibile in their compofition. 

 One would alfo wonder how there could be 

 any unfkilful or barbarous horfemen among us, 

 fmce fuch judicious and humane rules have 

 been long fmce attainable, for the moderate 



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