Next obfervewhat G ronnd yoxir Uorfe delights to 

 run beft ou, hearing your Horfe (as much as your 

 Adverfary wiii ^ive you leave) on level Curpet-groundy 

 became ycur Horfe naturally will be defirous to fpend 

 himJeJt move frtely thereon. But on deep Earths &c. 

 give him more liberty^ becaufe he will naturally /^t/o/zr 

 himfeif thereupon. Be fure, if you are to run m kill, 

 to favour your Horfe and bear him^Jot fear of run- 

 ning h'.m out of wind ; but down hilt, (if your Hories 

 Feet and Shoulders will endure it, and you dare ven- 

 ture your ovii\Ncck) always give him a Loofe. 



Only take this (or a general Rule, that if you find 

 your Horfe to have the /fff/j of the other, that then 

 you be careful to preferve his Speed till the lafi: Train- 

 [cent, if you are not to run a ftraight Courje^ but if fo 

 then till the Conrfe^^ fo to husband it then too, that 

 you may be able to wake a Fufljfor it at the laft Fo^. 



Next you are to obferve the nature of your Oppo- 

 ftesUoiie, and if he be ^^ry, then to run juft ^^/?zW 

 or juft cheekj)y jonl^ and with your Whip make as much 

 noife as you can , that you may force him on fa^er 

 then his Rider would have him , and by that means 

 Spend him thefooner. Or elfe keep juft before him up- 

 on fuch a (low Gallop , that he may either over reach 

 or by treading on your Horfes Heels ( if he will not 

 take the leading) endanger falling over. 



Obferve on what ground the contrary Horfe runs 

 worj} and on that Earth be fure to give a loofe that 

 your jidverfaries being forced xofol\.vo you, may haa- 

 Zard slimbling^ or clapping on tX^tbach^Simvts. 



Obferve Hkewife in your Riding the feveral Helps 

 and CorreUions of the Hand the Whip and the Spur , 

 and ixhcn and how often he makes u\e of them ^ and 

 when ycu perceive that his Horle begins to be blown 

 by any of the fcrmer Syrrptcms^ as Whisk[ng his 7'ail^ 



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