48 Cifte i^untittg^iftotfe* 



after drinking and galloping you (hall /??> him along by 

 the River fide ^ till you think it time to go home; then 

 order him in all point s^ as to rubbing, feeding, Hop- 

 ping his Feet, &c. as you did in the morning ^ and 

 h?L\in^ fed hirrnt fix a clockj) be fure/<?f^ him again 

 about Nine j and having litter d him well, and thrown 

 him Hay enough to ferve him for all Nighty you Ihall 

 leave him till the next Morning. And as you have 

 fpent this day, fo you muft order him in all reffe^s for 

 <i fortnight together, and by that time his Pleflj will 

 be (6 hardened, and hisWindib imfrov'd'^ his Mouth 

 will be fo cjuick^nd^ and his Gallop brought to (ogood 

 Sifrokjs, that he will befit to be put to moderate 

 hunting. 



Now during this Fortnights keeping you are to 

 ti\2ikt^QVtx^\ Ohfervations, ?iSlOl\\Q Nature and Dif- 

 fo fit ion of your Horfe, the temper of his Body^ the 

 courfe of his Digeftion^ &c. and order him accor- 

 dingly. As firft:^ if he be of a chnrlijh Difpofition, 

 you mull reclaim him by Severity \ if of a loving 

 temper, you muft xmin him by Kindness. Secondly^ 

 you muftobferve whether he he afoul Feeder, or of a 

 nice Stomach ; if he be ^«<ci^ nt his Meat, and retain a 

 goodStomsLchftlKufour times of full Feedings in a 

 JDay and 2L Nights fpace, is fujf dent % but if he be a 

 fender Feeder , andfow at his /^/<?^f, then you muft 

 give but a little at once, and often^ as about every 

 two hours, {orfrejl} Meat will drav/ on his appetite j 

 and you muft always leave a little Meat in his Locker 

 for him to eat at his own leifdre betwixt the times of 

 his Feeding ; and when at any time you find any 

 /f/>,you fhall^'ivrfpit away^ and give h\m frcflj^ and 

 expofe that to the Stin and j4ir , which will prevent 

 mnftinefs and reduce it to its firft fwectncfs, before it 

 was hlown upon. 



Now 



