i6 €^]^e l^unting'4)orre. 



that by this way, of a doz^en Mares he dare affrm 

 that ma (hall not fail\ yet it may not correfpond 

 with the Inter eU of ['om^ frivate Getulemm. who turn 

 Breeders for Profit as well as Pleafitre; for a good StaL 

 lion bearing fuch an extraordinary rate , and they 

 having but One, have reafbn to be cautions, to avoid 

 as much as can be all hazardous Experiments ^ which 

 ( with fubmiffion to the Dukes Judgment^ this ic 

 fomc cafes may prove. For firft, there have been Hor- 

 fes of great fpirit, that have kjl^'d tliemfelves througt 

 excefs of Lnfl-y being left to range at their liberty •, and 

 thofe that have been confin'd to an Enclofureyh a fekifl 

 number of Mares, have yet in one Weeks fpace fc 

 Weaken'd Nature^ that not above half the Mares hav( 

 held. Secondly, feme Mares are of fo hot a con 

 ftitution of Nature, and their Lnfi fo violent, that i: j 

 they are permitted to run long with the Horfe, aftei 

 they have conceived, will (if they be hi^h in fle(l) an( 

 luflyj defire the Horfe again, which generally hazard 

 the Lofs of the Emhrio they go with. 



To prevent therefore thele Inconveniences, I fhal 

 lay you down an other Method fas briefly as ma; 

 be,J which is called CO wrmj^ in hand, as the forme 

 is generally term'do;/ft>//74«^, and the way is this 

 'VIZ.. when you have brought both your Horfe an( 

 Mare to as proper condition for Breed by j4r 

 &nd good feeding, then let fome ordinary Stond\ 

 Nag by her for a day or two to wooe her, and b; 

 that means Ihe will be fo prone to L«i?, that flie wi 

 readily receive your Stallion; which you fliouId/?r< 

 fent to her either early in a Alorning, or late in zuEve 

 ningy for a day or two together , and let \{imcove 

 her in hafid once, or twicc if you pleafc, at each time 

 obferving always to give the Horfe the advantage i 

 Ground, and that you have fomc one ready with , 

 THi'f^s of cold water to throw on the Mare's Sha^e 



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