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A61139	The gentleman's compleat jockey with the perfect horseman, and experienc'd farrier. Containing, I. The nature of horses; their breeding, feeding and management in all paces, to fit them for war, racing, travel, hunting, or other recreations and advantages. II. The true method, with proper rules and directions to order, diet and physick the running-horse, to bring him to any match, or race, with success. III. The methods to buy horses, and prevent being cheated; noting the particular marks of the good and bad horses, in all their circumstances. IV. How to make blazes, stars and snips: to fatten a horse with little charge, and to make him lively and lovely. V. The whole art of a farrier, in curing all diseases, griefs and sorrances incident to horses; with their symptoms and causes. VI. The methods of shooing, blooding, roweling, purging, and prevention of diseases, and many other things, from long experience and approved practice. by A. S. gent.	A. S.; Speed, Adolphus, fl. 1652-1659.	1697 (1697)	Wing S5; ESTC R219778	132,086	185

their diet some sweet Wheat equal in mixture and quantity with the rest of their provender for Wheat is a great 〈◊〉 of the Heart and an increaser of the vital-spirits which above all things for that action is principally to be moved and stirred up sometimes put in a pint of White-wine or a bottle of Ale to abate the cold quality of their Water These Means being rightly used you shall plainly discern the endowment of a good temperature to possess a sufficient power to shape a perfect body which some of the Gentry would give any rate for Observations for the better Directions in Breeding of the Mare There must be a great discretion used in feeding of the Mare until she hath foaled least by the long use of over-bad Meats the Colt in the Womb be impaired from that quality and temperature it had from the Seed therefore the Mare may not so far eat of contrary Meats least the Colt lose of those good qualities which it received as hath been said of the Seed whereof it was made Of what Age the Horse or Mare ought to be that B●get and Bring forth Observe every Horse until he be six Years old is a Colt but never after and that is his first Age and if after that time he lose any of his Teeth they come not again because the excess of his Moisture doth then begin to abate being until then predominate in Moisture and from five Years of Age until he be ten is counted his middle youthful and perfect Age for his vigor spirit and action because he is then more Hot and less Moist and from ten Years of Age to fifteen is his declining because then Heat and Moisture do much decay and from fifteen Years of Age until twenty his old Age because that then he is cold and dry The best time for their Ingendring is March at the increase of the Moon or in part of it the Mare carrieth as hath been said her Foal eleven Months and foaleth standing in the twelfth To know whether a Mare hath conceived and how to order her after time of Conception until the time of Foaling for the better Breeding and Nourishment of the Colt If she cast not her Seed but eateth freshly when she cometh to Meat and so continueth and doth not neigh nor piss often neither casteth her eye gazing after a Horse and within a Day or two begins to be gaunt-bellied because her Womb in Conception and closing it self together in keeping the Seed trusseth up and maketh it show less to the fight then before as if she were suddenly become lean and her Hair lyeth very smooth and brighter then before as also about ten Days after offering her a Horse two or three Days before the Full and likewise before the New Moon and she abhorreth Copulation it assureth that her Nature is satisfy'd and are manifest Signs of her Comception And as touching her Keeping let her not drink so much as Nature desireth and still keep her with the same Meat and Dyet for twelve Days after Presently after her Foaling milk the Mare as clean as you can which will not only draw down her Milk but make the same encrease and also keep the Udder in a good temper that the Milk do not clod which if it should the Mare will quickly become dry Boil her Milk with the top● of Lavender bath all her Udder therewith and so continue till the clods and knobs in the Udder be dissolved After foaling give her a good Mash made of Malt or Wheat-meal let the Stable be open and airy and the Floor paved and not planked in the Provender you may also put the Powder of Brimstone the Powder of the Roots of Enula Campana of White-lilly-roots of Polipodium of the Oak of Saven Marshwormwood Tobacco Garlick chopt small and such like and when she goes to Grass let her run no longer then Bartholomew-tide Of Taming of Colts The yearly wintering Colts in the Stable will make them tame and domestical as also bring many other benefits both to the Owner and the Colts until they come to be ●id●en which should not be until five Years of Age if you would have them strong sound and durable Colts When the Colt is made gentle to suffer the saddle and cruppler to be set on his back shooes on his feet and also load to water then take another gentle Horse and ride upon him leading the Colt in a halter cross gird your Colt and ride him a mile or two and make much of your Colt and with this gentle usage the Colt will love and desire your Company and oftentimes when you are in the Stable with him cause some Drum to beat or Gun to play or shoot to harden him at which time stand by and cheri●h him Of making of Colts to Amble from the time of their Foaling Put on a halter bridle and saddle at your pleasure on the Mare 's head in the morning lead her forth let the Colt follow her gently as soft a pace as she can go into some even plain and hard Ground and be sure that the Colt be not inforced to go faster then you lead the Mare then observe and you shall find the Colt going by her that he doth altogether go and strain his Legs in an Amble after you have practised several times the Colt will increase in the swiftness of the pace of his Amble and then when you think fit you may Back him Of the Stable First For the scituation of the Stable it should be on a dry Ground so as all the seasons of the Year both Man and Horse may come and return from the same clean and dry also it should be builded and so placed that there be a continual Current for cleansing and keeping the same sweet from all things that are noysome It should be cealed over the Horses to keep both Horse Rack Meat and Manger from all dust it must not have any filthy Gutter or Sink near in or under the same neither any Privy nor any other unwholesome savour of Hogsti●s Hen-houses or such like Some ancient Writers affirm that the strong air of a Privy will make a Horse blind the Horse is naturally a proud Beast and delighteth in cleanness the Rack should be set high and stooping that no dust or filth may annoy the Horses Eyes or Maine or indanger his Crest by crooked or wry feeding the Manger shou'd be deep and strong for casting Provender out of it with the Horse's No●e with posts and partitions as you may see in all well-ordered Stables the Floor should be paved and not planked for these Reasons First it is more durable and lasting and less charge it maketh your Horse more bold upon stony and hard Grounds as also it is an excellent convenieney for Colts being unshoo'd for it hardeneth the Hoof so as by continuance and custom they will be as bold on the Stones as if they were shoo'd The Pavement should be even not higher

circle of the piercing more distant from the edge o' th' toe then from the edge of the Quarter because every Smith knoweth that there is more hold to be taken with less danger in respect of the Tuel and Quick of the Foot and all the Nails would be untoled without Shoulders which will so sink and strongly fill the Hole as that the Shooe will be well fixed and by cutting the Hoof a little with the point of a Knife let the Clin●h be clean hid the which shooing should always be done eight or ten Days before you travel your Horse for by that time the Hoof will be grown to the Nails to hold the Shooe fast And for the helping of interfering you must keep him full of Flesh and always preserve the Coffins on the inside of the Hoofs without paring away more than to make them even for the Shoes and abate the outside of the Coffin of the same Foot and besides make the Sponges of the Shooes on the inside of the Shooes much thicker then the outside How to know a Horse that is durable and of continuance in Journey c. This observation must also be from his shape the others follow First It is to be considered that Strength is the cause of the continuance of Travel then consider in what part of the Body of the Horse that Streng●h prin●ipa●ly and naturally resteth for as the Strength of the Bull is naturally in the neck of the Lyon and Bear in the p●ws of the Dog in the chops so of the Horse in the fore-part wh●re Nature hath imposed the Burthen and th●●e is and must be his principal force and strength the whi●st fore-part must be deep and broad from the point of his too or 〈◊〉 to the Bottom of his chest or breast hi● 〈…〉 the lid or cover of a trunck whereby he will appear broad full round and bearing out in the chest or breast with an evenness of chest and belly to the flank so as that his belly hung not deeper than his chest nor his chest deeper then his belly with lean upright and strait pasterns somewhat narrow hoofed towards the toe assure your selves such a Horse will be durable and as good almost at the end of his labour as at the beginning if he be of a contrary shape then will his actions be contrary namely the longer he is travel'd the more Jade How to know a free and perfect spirited Horse This powerful spirit proceeds from the vital spirit and arterial blood that goes wandring through the whole body to stir up the power of the Beast to give him force and vigour to work and as this spirit is of substance most pure so when it is plentifully infused it maketh and worketh all the Creature and quality of the same pure so as Man not knowing or finding the reason cannot but wonder at the work and Workmaster Wherefore for the satisfaction and confirmation of this Proposition how to know a perfect quick and free-spirited Horse you must also still retain all the description of shape before describ'd by all which discriptions you shall assuredly know his qualities only upon the view as if you had made tryal of him many years but if the Horse be defective in his shape as I have describ'd then assure your self that he wanteth that natural perfection I have referred the rule unto Observe then I beseech you that a perfect Horse by Nature is thus shap'd viz. a lean slender head broad fore-head great black eyes full and plain over the lids slender thin and lean jaws broad thin long and a high reared neck the head set to the neck as naturally as a Ram's head when he sighteth high withers and a deep broad chest or breast his ribs of an equal evenness from his chest to his flank lean upright pasterns with a lean and deep hoof such a Horse assure thy self will be found in all his actions naturally bold loving easie sure-footed durable and free-going But because I know and do assure my self that unus Mens no est capax tanti Motis that it is unpossible that one head should be so well furnish'd as to neglect the opinions of the antient Writers I have therefore annexed their Description humbly submitting my self to the censure of the Experienced and Learned Of the Shape of a Horse The last thing to know a good Horse is his Shape which originally made by God was no doubt most excellent for the works of God were all perfect The particular Observations and Descriptions of the perfect shape of a Horse are in number 32 against which I question not but that there may be Objections raised which I will not trouble my self to answer as being conscious that what I shall write of this Subject I have partly by experience and partly received from the most approved Authors I will begin with the Hoof and so ascend till the whole Body be described First therefore they say That the Hoof should be black smooth dry large round and hollow Some write That if it be soft and tender and the Heel broad that is a sign of lightness and that the Male will from her Foaling tread light upon the ground being afraid to trust her Hoofs being tender and therefore straineth her Legs and Back the more 2d Rule is That the Hoofs should be small and heavy answerable to the Joynt that it should be hairy his Fetterlock to be good in that it also answereth his nature 3. That his Pasterns should be short neither too low nor too high and therewithal strong beneath nor apt to founder the strength of the Pastern being the uprightness thereof 4. That his Joynts ought to be great with long Fetter-locks behind this greatness of his Joynts must also be answerable to the proportion of his Body 5. That his Legs ought to be strait and broad 6. That his Knees should be great lean and plain 7. That his Thighs should be full of sinews tho Bones whereof to be short equal just well proportion'd that when he standeth with his Legs together they should be more distant one from another towards the Breast then beneath which proceeds from the fulness and breadth of the Breast which causeth that distance 8. That his Shoulders should be long large and full of flesh proportionable to his Body 9. That his breast should be large and round 10. That his Neck should be rather long than short great towards the Breast bending in the midst and slender towards the Head 11. That his Ears should be small sharp and upright 12. That his Forehead should be lean and large that largeness to be both of breadth and length according to his natural proportion 13. That his Eyes should be great and black 14. That the hollowness of his Brows be well filled and shooting outward 15. That his Jaws should be slender and lean 16. That his Nostrils should be open and puffed up that you may see the red within apt for Air. 17. That