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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

as the Horse liveth CHAP. XVIII An Account of the things to be observed for the preservation of a Horses Health and to make him live long THE First of which is mature and good digestion of whatsoever he eateth or drinketh so that it turn to pure blood and nourishment 2. The Second to be considered is spare and moderate feeding in which he must neither eat too fast nor too much 3. The Third must be taken from moderate Labour and seasonable Exercise 4. The Fourth is to observe fit times and seasons for sleeping and waking both which must be moderately taken 5. The Fifth He must not be too much acquainted with Mares nor ride them often for nothing sooner shortens life in any Creature 6. The Sixth not to be over-heat nor his Spirits to be wasted by long and tedious Journeys 7. The Seventh is continually to be in smooth serene and wholesom Air and not to feed in foggy Fens Marshes or damp Meadows 8. The Eighth Observe that you neither exercise nor any ways make him labour hard when he is newly taken from Grass 9. The Ninth To keep him from greedily eating young Grass either Clover or other but especially from Surfeiting on the blades of Corn. 10. The Tenth You must observe that he drink not when he has been hard ridden or laboured so that he is very hot 11. The Eleventh thing to be taken notice of is that you must neither wash nor walk him when you are come to your Journeys end ride him about a moderate pace till he begins to cool and then bring him into the Stable rub him well down and clap on his Cloths and wisp him round being well stored with Litter 12. The Twelfth and last is to give him Meat in due time observe his Scourings Diets and other Physical Medicines as occasion shall require the which in this Book you will find good store with large directions how to use them CHAP. XIX St. Anthony's most Admirable Remedy for any Sprain Swelling or stretching of Sinews or Nerves A better not to be found OF bruised Cummin seeds take three ounces and boil them in a pint of Oil of Camomil then add to them half a pound of yellow Bees-wax and let them boil to the thickness of a Cerecloth then spread it on Sheeps-Leather very hot and apply it to the place so grieved and in twice doing it will perfect the Cure if it be not too far gone if it be you must apply it till it is well CHAP. XX. The speediest and safest way to cure the swift Cut or the Knee-Cut TAke one pint of White wine then add to it two ounces of Virgin-Honey brew them together and boil them till the Honey is melted amongst the Wine and then add more of Turpentine the like quantity then let them boil to the thickness of a Salve and as hot as the Horse can endure it wash the cuts with it once or twice a day and it will quickly heal them but be sure you wash the dirt out of them if there be any in wash it with hot water before you apply the Ointment CHAP. XXI A speedy Remedy for Horse or a Cow that have any way licked up red Poison Worms Spiders or any other venemous Insect or that is ready to burst by eating of too much Clover Turnips or young eared Barley and drinking after it THis is to be known by their speedy swelling and slavering at the Mouth and working at the Fundament the which when you perceive that they are ready to burst which is a common thing about Harvest time be sure to have recess to this Medicine take four ounces of Spanish Sope or if that be not to be gotten our English Cake-Sope and scrape it into a Mortar then put to it two ounces of Dialphera then beat them small as you can together and make it into Balls as big as Pigeons Eggs and take one of them and dissolve it in hot Beer and if it will not quickly dissolve crumble it in then with a drenching horn or any such necessary implement pour it down the throat of the Beast so swelled be it either a Horse Ox or Cow and it will immediately abate the swelling by urine and scouring which it will force in abundance CHAP. XXII An approved Remedy for the mad Staggers or Lunacy THE Symptoms whereby you shall know whether your Horse be troubled with this Disease are his dulness and heaviness foaming at mouth dimness of sight often staring and having a blue skin over his sight restless and often reeling and the like the which or any of them being observed you must instantly take care to have your Horse let blood in the Neck in the great Blood-veins on the left side or if you think convenient on both sides and in the third Bar of the Palate of his mouth and prick him in the Nose just upon the Gristles above the Nostrils which bleeding will instantly abate the grievous pain of his Head then take a handful of Rue or Herb of Grace three or four cloves of Garlick an ounce of fine Salt Aqua vitae two spoonfuls of White-wine Vinegar one after they are bruised together strain them and pour the Liquid substance equally divided into his ears then with black Wool stop them close so that no Air can get in or tie them that he may not shake out the wool then fume his Nostrils through the little end of a Funnel with the peelings of Garlick and Mastick well dried and beaten and rowled up in little Balls or sprink led upon a chafing dish of Charcoals and so do three times a day at least and it will expel the infectious vapours that disturbed the Brain then give him a dram of single Poppy-Seeds beaten into Powder the which you must blow up his Nostrils and about two ounces of poppy-Poppy-water to drink which will cast him into a sound sleep after let his diet be mashed Oats and ground and give him cold water to drink and after twenty four hours you may unbind or unsere his ears and take out the wool and in a short time he will chear up and look lively again Probatum est CHAP. XXIII How to stop the Glaunders for a day or two whilst you have Sold or Swapped away your Horse who is troubled with the same FIrst of Verjuice take four ounces three spoonfuls of Olive Oil two of Aqua vitae and put half into one Nostril and the rest into the other with a Siringe when it is Luke-warm then ride your Horse full speed for half a mile or more only when you observe him begin to cough ride gently and put him into a warm Stable cover him with Cloths and give him a Mash but if he be ill disposed upon the turning of the Glaunders give him new Milk as warm as possible and they will infallibly stop CHAP. XXIV How to order your Stallion as to his Diet when he is to cover your Mare AT any time when you design

is not a wholsomer drink can be given to any horse especially after running CHAP. VII The Way and Method of looking to and keeping your Horse after he has taken this Potion WHen the Horse has taken it then immediately rub his Legs and pull off his Saddle and all other his cloths leaving him nothing on then curry him well and after brush him and with a dusting cloth dust him and again with a new hempen cloth or cloth of hair rub his body in every part but in so doing your greatest pains must be about his head neck and breast this being perfected put on his cloths and keep him as warm as possible and put several handfuls of straw under his girts and then let him remain without either meat or drink for the space of two hours during which time you must watch him and seldom let him stand still for fear of getting cold during the time the Potion is in working nay seep or standing still which he will chuse if he be left alone to himself are alike dangerous by reason that the blood and vital Spirits have not their operation so well as in times of motion nor the heat of the body power to force up the humors that lie as it were absconded in the several parts When he has stood in his Bridle and fasted so long as is before-mentioned or if you think convenient somewhat longer then take ears of wheat about one hundred and offer them to him to eat but let them not be bearded in any-wise but e'er you suffer him to take them feel him all over in what condition or estate of body he is and if you find him sweat on a sudden or any cold clamm over-spread his Limbs which many call a cold sweat or if you observe him to pant tremble or fetch his breath short with-hold your hand and give not any thing for if you do it will much indanger him these being the Symptoms that the Potions has not done working but that it is striving with the vicious humors and soul indigestures of the Body therefore put on his slip and taking off his Bridle stop all the Lights of the Stable the better to keep it dark and secure your Horse from too much Air and let him take his ease in your abseuce for the space of two hours or more by which time the Potion will have done working and his sickness will pass away Then coming to him again if you find him well you may give him the ears of wheat by four or five at a time till the whole parcel is wasted after that if he will eat any more you may suffer him to have the like quantity again and after them a small bundle of Hay bound up very hard and thrown into his Rack but during the time of his eating it be sure to rub him over as you have been taught but more especially his head Within the hour following give him his quantity of Oats as before mingling with them a pint of husked Beans as clean from husks and dust as can be then take tree slices of bread and the crust being cut away crumble them among the Oats and Beans and so give them to him and after he has eaten them let him stand about two hours and a half or three if you please Then coming to him give him some Bait again of each the same parcel as before then dress him down well and put on his cloth but put not on his Saddle nor back him neither let him have any water that night but keep him within doors for if you do otherwise you will endanger your horse CHAP. VIII The manner of making these Balls and their Virtue with an account of what Diseases they are most powerful to cure TAke the powder of Elicampane-Roots Cummin-seeds and Fenugreek-Seeds of each two ounces beaten and sifted as fine as you can possible to which put two ounces of Sugar-candy brown if you please beat that likewise fine flower of Brimstone the like quantity one ounce of the juice of Liquorice then wetting them with half a pint of White-wine set them over the fire after which take one ounce of the Chymical oil of Aniseeds and three ounces of the Syrup of Colts-foot add to these of Olive-oil Honey and Syrup or melted Sugar all of them being the best you can get one pint and a half that is of each half a pint proportionable then mingle all these Ingredients together and thicken them into paste with fine wheat-flower and so make them up into Balls for your use you must not make them above the bigness before-mentioned or if you please you may make them up as you use them put them or the Paste up into a gally-pot and stop it close and it will keep a long time For the use of them take these instructions for their virtues are very great First then if you use them for any sickness or dulness in your Horse anoint or rub them over with sweet Oil or Butter and so give them to him each Morning as you were taught before and after give him a gentle breathing and let him drink but if the weather be foul take him not out But if for cold or any infirmity in his Stomach you may give them to him till you perceive it is wasted and gone The Virtues of them are for several other things as Glanders Heaviness to purge away any molten grease to recover a lost Stomach Faintings and Heart-Qualms and to make any tolerable Horse fat to admiration but to your Race-Horses you must give for strengthning and cherishing the Spirits But now to the fourth and last fortnight for preparing your Horse which must begin with his last diet CHAP. IX The manner of making his last Diet. IN this you must use three Pecks of Wheat and but one of Beans and let them be ground together upon the black Stones as small as possible they can be then dress it through an exceeding fine dressing-cloth for note that every Bread must be finer than the former Then put to it the fore-mentioned quantity of Ale-Yest but be sure it be not sowre nor the Grounds Then knead it together and make it up into Loaves as formerly but to this above what has been spoken of you must add the Whites of two or three and twenty Eggs and instead of water put milk so much as will make it up They being baked let them stand their usual time and then cut the Crust away or as some call it chip them after which dry a quart of Oats well and after that sift them so that there be no defect left in them to which put your Beans in like manner ordered and at the usual times give them all three mingled together to him As for his Heating and Coursing-days the first week they must be punctually observed but the second you must abate him one that is heat him but once and that must be Mondays hear After he has stood one hour more