60 HINTS TO HOESEJIEN ; OR, 



colt with the keep of its dam for close on twelve- 

 months. iN'ot to enter into unnecessary close calcu- 

 lation, but to take usual expenses on the broad 

 scale, we will place her subsequent keep to the 

 charge against her subsequent produce. The colt 

 for the first few months, if the dam is healthy, will 

 be but very little expense ; but so soon as he can 

 eat bruised oats, if at all weakly, some malt mashes, 

 and particularly soft sweet hay, we must charge his 

 keep against him : this, for the first twelvemonths, 

 will not exceed say £5 ; but so soon as he depends on 

 man for support we must charge him. From twelve 

 months old to two years, I think it would be about 

 fair to place his keep at about seven shillings a 

 week ; from two years to three, he will require some- 

 thing more, so we set this down at about eight ; and 

 from three to four he will require as much as any 

 ordinary horse not in absolute work. Then comes 

 his breaking : if the breeder is a Horseman, he may 

 do this himself ; but before he undertakes such task, 

 let him be certain that he is not only a Horseman, 

 that is rider, but a very superior one, possessing the 



