1 may therefore give you fome Light into its 

 ;s, I fhaJl firll dtrect you how to breed fuch 

 lat may be for Training j or elfe inftrudl you, 

 erwifc to procure them. Secondly, how to 

 f Shapes^ ^ark^^ and other Tokens, what 

 ay be mofl convenient for your purpofe. 

 , how to diet him lb, that he may perform 

 s within his Power, without Danger. Laft- 

 t manner of Excrcije is moft conducive to 

 ign : and on thefe Heads \ intend to inlarge 

 >llowing Difcourfe. 



efore I enter upon my SuhjeEl proposed, I 

 necellary to nnfwer Four Obje^ions that may 

 againfl this Art of Dieting and Training Hor^ 



I may remove all prejudice from the minds 

 , who think they may have Rep.fon to op- 



and that I may vindicate ('with Truthj this 

 d clear it from all Afperfions. 

 rfl-Ohjefiion I fhall mention, is made by de 

 lis Epiftlc to the Reade", ' Edit'. 4th,) where 

 e Vmbrngeoflm Love to fJorfcs and in pity 

 riardfhips they undergo in Hunting, he ex- 

 inveighs againft it, as the Sourfe of all their 

 . But that I may not be tax'd of Prevarlca- 

 ly Reader, and for his fatisfadion I fhall fet 

 s Words, which arc thefe. 

 Nobility and Gentry of this our l(le of Great 

 did truly know how honourabltf^ and how com- 

 ' Horfeman^np werei and how much they are 

 and admirdywho are the true Vrofeffors thereof. 

 Id labour more than they now do, to breed and to 

 d Horfes ; but it much troubleth me to fee, hoW 

 eem Gentlemen have thereof. Some Horfes they 

 ough not for Mannage, yet for Hunting : hut 

 nner of Hunting ? Fox-hunting forjooth^or Har- 

 ich be oi fleet as petty Grey-hounds, wherewith 



