i S8 The Comphat Horfeman : or y 



As to the Age moft proper to begin to work a 

 Horfe for the Manage, let him not be too young : 

 Not only becaufe his Under Handing (if we may fo 

 call it) is not yet come to him, but alfo that a 

 Horfe of three Years old, being but a Griftle, fre- 

 quent flops and going back, will fpoil him, by (train- 

 ing his Back, and ftreffing his Hammes. Kay, altho* 

 your Horfe be fix, feven, or eight Years old, you 

 fhould not ride him above once a Day : For a Horfe 

 being Flefh and Blood, cannot endure fo much La- 

 bour with fo little Reft \ and no Exercife is more 

 violent for a Horfe than the Manage : And if you 

 ride him twice in one Day, he will not recover it 

 In two or three : For if he oppofe his Rider, which 

 all Horfes will do at firft, you muft correct him 

 foundly, and ride him fo long until he obey you in 

 fbme fmall meafure - 7 and by that time you will 

 have rid him fo violently and fo long, that he will 

 hardly be fit for Riding next Morning, much lefs 

 to be rid any more that Day. Nor can you ever 

 give him his Meat, Water, or Reft in order •, the want 

 of which muft make him fick, and fubjecl: to many 

 Difeafes. Whereas if you ride him moderately, 

 and when you find him to obey you, then to take 

 but a little of him that Morning, that he may be 

 incouraged to do the fame again, he will then be 

 lively and vigorous, take: pleafure in you and the 

 Manage^ and learn more in one Month, riding him 

 but once a Day, than he ftiall do in three, riding 

 him twice* 



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