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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A49535	The hunter a discourse of horsemanship directing the right way to breed, keep, and train a horse, for ordinary hunting and plates.	Langbaine, Gerard, 1656-1692.	1685 (1685)	Wing L374; ESTC R1219	62,186	102

then to cleanse his Sheath with his w●t hand from all the Dust it had contracted during his Running and to wash his Yard either with White-wine or Water Then he may trim him according to the manner that othor Horses are trimm'd except the ins●de of his Ears which though some still continue that fashion ought not to be meddled with for fear of making him catch cold When this is done let him have him to the Farrier and there get a Sett of Shoos answerable to the shape of his Foot and not to pare his Foot that it may fit his Shoo as too many Farriers do not only in Brabant and Flanders but here likewise Be sure let his Feet be well open'd betwixt the Quarters and the Thrush to prevent Hoof-binding and let them be open'd straight and not side-ways for by that means in two or three Shooings his Heels which are the strength of his Feet will be cut quite away Pare his Foot as hollow as you can and then the Shoo will not press upon it The Shoo must come near to the Heel yet not be set so close as to bruise it nor yet so open as to catch in his Shoos if at any time he happen to over-reach and so hazard the pulling them off the breaking of his Hoof or the bruising of his Heel The Webbs of the Shoos must be neither too broad nor too narrow but of a middle size about the breadth of an inch with slop'd Spunges and even with his Foot for though it would be for the advantage of the Travelling Horse's Heel to have the Shoo sit a little wider than the Hoof on both sides that the Shoo might bear his Weight and not his Foot touch the ground yet the Hunter being often forc'd to gallop on rotten spungy Earth to have them larger would hazard Laming and pulling off his Shoos as hath been shown before There is an Old Proverb Before behind and Behind before that is in the Fore-●eet the Veins lie behind and in the Hinder-seet they lie before Therefore let the Farrier take care that he prick him not but leave a space at the Heel of the Fore-feet and a space between the Nails at the Toe When your Shoo is set on according to this Direction you will find a great deal of his Hoof left to be cut off at his Toe When that is cut off● and his Feet smooth'd with a File you will find him to stand so firm and his Feet will be so strong that he will tread as boldly on Stones as on Carpet-ground By that time he is shod I presume 't will be time to water him therefore rake him to the River and let him a●ter he has drank stand some time in the Water which will close up the holès according to the opinion of some Horsemen which the driving of the Nails made Then have him gently home● and having ty'd him up to the Rack rub him all over Body and Legs with dry Straw then stop his Feet with Cow-dung sift him a Quarter of a Peck of clean old Oats and give them to him then litter him and leave him a sufficient Quantity of old Hay to serve him all Night and so leave him till the next Morning CHAP. IV. How to order the Hunter for the first Fortnight I presume by this your Horse will have evacuated all his Grass and his Shoes will be so well setled to his Feet that he may be fit to be rid abroad to Air without danger of surbating Therefore 't is now necessary that I begin in a more particular manner to direct our unexperienc'd Groom how he ought to proceed to order his Horse according to Art First then you are to visit your Horse early in the Morning to wit by Five a Clock if in Summer or Six if in Winter and having put up his Litter under his Stall and made clean your Stable you shall then feel his Ribs his Chaule and his Flank for those are the cheif signes by which you must learn to judge of the good or evil state of your Horses body as I shall now shew you Lay your Hands on the lower part of his short-ribs near the Flank and if you feel his Fat to be exceeding soft and tender and to yield as it were under your hand than you may be confident it is unsound and that the least violent Labour or Travail will dissolve it which being dissolv'd e're it be hardned by good Dyet if it be not then remov'd by scouring the Fat or grease b●longing to the outward parts of the Body will fall down into his Heels and so cause gowtiness and swelling I need not trouble you with the outward signs of this Distemper they are evident to the Eye but tho every Groom can inform you when a Horse is said to have the grease fallen into his Heels yet may be he cannot instruct you in the cause why Travail disperseth it for a time and when the Horse is cold it returns with more violence than before The reason therefore is this The Grease which by indiscreet Exercise and negligence in keeping is melted and fallen into his Legs standing still in the Stable cools and congeals and so unites it self with other ill Humours which flow to the affected part so that they stop the natural Circulation of the Blood and cause inflamations and swellings as aforesaid● but Travail producing warmth in his Limbs thaws as it were the congeal'd Humours and disperses them throughout the Body in general till Rest gives them opportunity to unite and settle again Now tho most Grooms are of opinion that this Distemper is not to be prevented by care or caution that when it has once seaz'd a horse it remains incureable yet they are mistaken in both for by Art it may be prevented and by Art cured altho the cure is so difficult to be wrought that a Groom cannot be too careful to prevent it As for the ●nward Grease which is in his Stomack Bag and Guts if when once melted it be not remov'd by Art Medicine and good Keeping it putrifies and breeds those mortal Diseases which inevitably destroy the Horse tho it be half a year or three quarters of a year after And this is generally the source of most Feavers Surfeits Consumptions c. and such other Distempers which carry off infinite numbers of horses for want of the Farriers knowledge in the first Causes of the Distemper which to prevent you shall follow the ensuing Directions After by ●eeling on his Ribs you have found his Fat soft and unsound you shall feele his Chaule and if you find any fleshy substance or great round Kirnells or Knots you may be assured● that as his outward Fat is unsouud so inwardly he is full of glut and pursive by means of gross and tough Humours cleaving to the hollow places of the Lungs stopping so his Windpipe that his Wind cannot find free passage nor his Body be capable of much Labour Therefore