Part I. PerfeSl Farrier] \yj 



up to the Saddle : Then with your Hand on the 

 Bridle, ftraitning and pulling his Head, pat him 

 gently forward ; and ? if need be, have the help of 

 a By-ftander to put him forward alfo, and fo force 

 him to Amble up and down the Road, with all the 

 gentlenefs you can, fuffering him to take his own 

 leifure •, and tho' he fnapper, or Humble, or per- 

 haps fall now and then, yet it matters not : Do you 

 only ftay his Head, give him leave to rife, and with 

 all gentlenefs put him forward again. 



And that this may be done with the more eafe 

 and lefs amazement to the Horfe, it is not amifs 

 (at his firft: Tramelling) to give your Side-Ropes more 

 length than ordinary, that the Twitches may be 

 lefs fudden, and, the Motion coming more gently, 

 the Hprfe may fooner apprehend it. But as foon 

 as he comes to a little Perfe&ion, then put the 

 Side-Ropes to their true length \ for an Inch too long 

 is a Foot too flow in the Pace •, and an Inch too 

 fhort, caufes rowling, twitching-up of the Legs, 

 and indeed a kind of plain halting. 



When the Horfe will thus Amble in your Hand 

 perfeftly, being Tramelled on one fide, you fhall 

 then change it to the other fide, and fo from one 

 fide to another, till with the Half-Tramel he will 

 run and Amble in your Hand without fnappering 

 or Humbling, both readily and fwiftly. When this 

 is attained to, which, if he be tradable, cannot be 

 above two or three Hours labour, you may then 

 put on the whole Tramel, with the broad, flat, 

 Back-band, tramelling both fides equally, and fo run 

 him in your Hand along the Road, at the utmoft 

 length of the Bridle \ then paufe, cherifh, and to 

 it again •, and when he is perfed in this, then put 

 him upon rough ways, where there are Clots, hoi- 

 lownefs, and falfe Treading. 



When he is thus perfedt in Hand, fet a Boy of 

 Groom upon his Back, making the Horfe to Arable 



