(not the Mafler) what belong'd to his Office ; and 

 therefore I will wander no further from my purpofe, 

 but leave it to the Rider to follow his own Method 

 in rendring Colts fit for his MaHers Service : whilft I 

 give fomeifewDiredions to thofe Gentlemen who will 

 not bellow either trouble or charges on Breeding, 

 or have the Pr;7/but not the Convenience to do it, how 

 to eled an Horfe fit for this Exercije. 



The way for a Gentleman to fHrmjh himfelf with an 

 Horfe, that may be worth training for Hunting, is ei- 

 ther to enquire out fome f2oted Breeder (of which there 

 are many in the North,) or elfe to go to fome famous 

 Fair, as Malton and Rif^on Fairs in Tork^(ljire, the 

 former held on the 23. day of September yearlv, 

 and the latter on May day: Or to Richmonds inthc 

 fame Shire, (which, as 1 am informed, does now of 

 late ■, ears exceed both the fore-mention'd, being fcitu- 

 rf^^inthe mi.idlcof the moft celebrated p/irt of the 

 breeding Conntry ; ) its Fairs are held in Eafier wec\, 

 and at Rood tyde. Northampton h^isi^ey^r^l Fairs in the 

 year likewile, as on the 2 3. day of j4pril, the Sth. of 

 September, I'jth. of November, with feveral others. 

 There are feveral other Fairs , as Lent on-Fair in Not- 

 inghamjlnre , Pankj'idg-Fair in Staff^ord(J]ire , &C. 

 which for brevities fake I omit. At any of thefe 

 places he may make choice of a I^orfe, which as near 

 as can be ought to have thefe following Shapes: \iz. 



His Head ought to be lean, large, and long ; his 

 Chanl thin, and open ; his Ears fmall, and pricked , 

 or if they be fomewhac long, provided they ftand up- 

 right like thofe of a Foa-, it is ufuallya fign ofMettlc 

 and Toughnefs His Forehead long and broad, not 

 flat, and as we term it Mare-facd, but riling in the 

 midfllike that of a Hare, thQ Feather being plac'd a. 

 bove the Top of his Eye , the contrary being thought 

 by ferae to betoken blindnefs. His Eyes full, large, 



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