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or the Frizeland Horse, so that he be of convenient 

 stature well proportioned and meete for the purpose. 

 The mares should be of an high stature, stronghe 

 made, large and fair, and have a trotting pace as 

 the mares of Flanders and some of our own mares 

 be. For it is not meete for divers respects that 

 horses of service should amble." 



The '' Napolltan stallion," coming from 

 a greater distance and being more costly, 

 was comparatively seldom Imported ; whence 

 the author s reservation '' If It be possible." 

 There Is no doubt but that the English 

 Great Horse owed far more to Importations 

 from more northern countries than to those 

 from Italy. 



A "horse of service," we are Informed, 

 should be able to 



" trot cleane and loftilie, to stop lightlie, to turn on 

 both hands readilie, to gallop stronglie, to manege 

 with single turne surelie and last of all to passe a 

 cariere [z.^., "do a smart spin"] swiftlie ; and in all 

 his doings from the beginning to the ending to reine 

 well and to bear his head steddilie." 



The " carlere " was to be of specified length ; 

 for a "mightie puissant horse great of stature'' 

 a shorter one was recommended. 



In the chapter headed "How to ride a 

 Horse to the best shewe before a Prince" — 

 how to show him off to the best advan- 

 tage, as we should say — there Is a very 

 suggestive remark which proves how neces- 

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