Caution, be fure whilfl you are drejfing your Horfe 

 let him not Itand naked^ his Body being expos'd to 

 the penetration of the v^iV, whillt you are telling a 

 Banhnry-ftory to fome Comrades, that accidentally 

 come into the Stable , as I have feen fome Grooms, 

 that would ftand lolling over their Horfes, when they 

 were Hncloath*d^ and trifle away their time by liftning 

 to fome idle Difcourfe ^ but when you have firipp*d 

 him fall to your Bufinefs roundly, without any inter- 

 miflion till you have fadled him, and thrown his 

 Cloth over him. 



And the reafon why I advife you to throw a Cloth 

 over him, whilfl you are drelTing his Legs is this; 

 that although tis a general Rule amongfl Grooms, 

 that an Horfe cannot take cold whilft he is drejfmg^ 

 yet is that Saying to be underftood only of his Body^ 

 not of his Legs'^ for the rubbing of his Legs will 

 not prevent catching cold in his Body. 



When this is done, you fhall with an Iron Ticker 

 pick his Feet clean, f that the flopping of his Feet 

 may not be a means of his taking up Stones in them,) 

 comb down his Main and Tail with a wet Main-comb, 

 then fpirt fome Beer into his Mouth, and fo draw him 

 out of the Stable. 



Being mounted, rake or walk him to fome Running 

 River, or frefh clear Spring, diflant a Mile or two 

 from your Stable, (which will refine his Aloath which 

 he may have /o/?, during his Summers Running, and 

 will likewife fettle his Body upon his Raksy^ and there 

 let him drink about half his dr an rrht^ti'sik , to pre- 

 vent raw Crudities aridng in his Stomnch. After he 

 hath drH/ik^h\ing him cahnly cut of the Water, and fo 

 ride him gently for a Vv^hile ; for nothing is more 

 unbefeennng a Horfeman , than to thrull his Horfe 

 intoa/tt'/y> Gall'.pj as foon as he comes out of the 

 Water , for thefe three CaMfes. Firfl , it is not 



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