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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A69785	The Complete jockey, or, The most exact rules and methods to be observed for the training up of race-horses shewing how to prepare them for any heats or courses, with the manner of their keepings, instructions for their dressing and looking to their scourings, diets, matches, and racings, with every particular to be observed therein ... : to which is added, the most experienced way for buying horses, and instructions to avoid being cheated upon the like occasion, with a relation of the cheats and tricks the jockies and horse-coursers put on the unexpert buyers ...	Markham, Gervase, 1568?-1637.	1695 (1695)	Wing C5642; ESTC R217396	39,637	56

him to Cover your Mare you must about a week before take him out of the Stable and let him run in the freshest and tenderest grass you have the which will not only encrease but make his seed of the aptest and quickest temper for to generate a lively Colt and he will be the willinger to cover the Mare by reason of his Airy temperament of Body when feeding on Hay or other dry Meat would render him dull and short-winded as likewise his being acquainted with the Mare will be a great incitement to him CHAP. XXV For the molting of Grease after a Race or other Excessive Riding THE means to know the certainty of his grease being molten is to observe as soon as he is in the Stable whether his Breast beats or pants more than usual after any Journey or Race as likewise his sides under his gi●●s and his Flank heaving quick and fa●●ing softly all which if you perceive then is his grease melted and will turn to crudy humours if not brought away in time the speediest way for which is to take one pint of Spanish Wine and an ounce of Diascordium brewed in the same and give it to him presently to drink and so continue doing four or five Mornings after before he has eaten either Hay or Provender then you must diet him with Mashes of Oats and Barly boiled and a considerable quantity of ground Malt and let him drink water indifferent warm but if he refuse his Meat you must give him half a pint of White-wine into which you must put two ounces of Honey and let them boil till the Honey is melted and let him take it pretty warm the which will cause him to void much Urine and by that means give him ease Upon his taking of this you must ride him a Mile or more but it must not be above a hand gallop then returning home you must rub him down and keep him as warm as possible when in this manner you have spent three days give him another the like quantity of Honey and White-wine then take especial notice of his Dung if it be small and he seem to dung with pain then he is bound in his Belly and the Grease is not removed to effect which you must give him three pints or two quarts of Beer the stalest you can get and a slice of Houshold-bread both being boiled and mingled together to which you must add four ounces of Honey and the like quantity of fresh Butter then in the Morning before he hath eaten any thing give it him luke-warm then ride him about a Mile then give him the same again at night and ride him as before but you must observe to give it him but every other day the which will loosen his Belly and by degrees waste the grease about four hours after he hath taken his dose boil him three quarts of Oats and give them to him and mingling that water the Oats were boiled in with some other to cool it let him drink of it you may with his Oats boil Fenugreek seeds about three quarters of a pound and let him eat them mingled but if he refuse to eat them you may mingle them with a little fine Bran then last of all give him an ounce of Aloes boiled till they are dissolved in a quart of Ale or a pint of White-wine and so it will purge away the ill humors and in three Weeks or less restore him to his former health and soundness of Body CHAP. XXVI How to make a Horse Vomit and by so doing to void the foulness of his Stomach or any Infection he hath taken in TAke Polypodium Roots the greater pare them and wash them very clean and then steep them in Oil of Spike and fasten them to the bit of his Bridle after which put it on and ride him abroad with the same in his mouth for the space of half an hour or somewhat more but it must be softly not above a trot at the most and then if any ill humour or flegmatick substance lodge in his Stomach this will draw it up by causing him to vomit extremely as likewise to Cough and Sneeze the which will much cleanse his Head from Rheums that lodge there and expel the vapours that offend the Brain so that though it make him sick for the present yet when that is over he will find himself more brisk and lively than before having voided all the filth and slime that are the originals of all Diseases that happen at any time to any Horse after you have taken off the Bridle and removed the Roots give him a pint of the best French Wine mingled with three ounces of Honey let it be indifferent warm and then keep him as much from cold as is possible two hours after you may give him a warm Mash of Oats and Barley CHAP. XXVII The Discovery of several Tricks and Cheats used by Jockeys 1. FIrst then to make a dull Jade both kick wince and fling without either Whip or Spur they use this device in the fore part of a Saddle made for that purpose they have an Iron Plate through which is drilled three holes through which with a spring come three sharp wyers the which as long as the Rider sits upright do not prick the Horse but when he leans forward and presses the Bow of the Saddle they torment him so that he capers and dances though never so dull which the ignorant Buyer often supposes to proceed from the height of his Mettle which the Jockey spares not to avouch with Oaths 2. The Second is if any Gentleman have set up a Horse in a Stable at Livery the Jockey either by bribing the Hostler or privately by taking an opportunity in his absence will with a hair take up the vein on the inside of the Horses Leg or by cramping him in the Fet-lock with a small Wyer neither of which can be observed without a curious search either of which will cause the Horse after a quarter of an hours Riding to halt downright Lame then is the owner sent for whose coming the Jockey having notice of pretends some Business in the Stable and whilst the Gentleman is admiring the sudden mischance befallen his Horse he puts in his verdict saying it was a great deal of pity that so good a Beast should be disabled and by degrees insinuates into the Gentlemans acquaintance desiring him to send for a Farrier who comes and searches his foot but finds no cause of Lameness there whereupon the Gentleman dispairing of his recovery is often pressed by the Jockey to sell him at half the worth or swap him for some dull Jade that he or some of his Comrades have near at hand who having got the Gentlemans Horse by uncramping or letting loose the vein render him as at first 3. The Third Cheat they put upon Travellers is this coming into a Country Inn their first walk is into the Stable where taking a view of the Horses they