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The universal sportsman: or, nobleman, gentleman, and farmer's dictionary of recreation and amusement. Including a most improved system of modern farriery, and anatomical dissections of a horse; With concise Rules for chusing good Horses, and the Secrets of training them with Wind and Vigour for the Course, Field, Road, and Cavalry. Particular instructions for Riding, Racing, Hunting, Coursing, Hawking, Shooting, Setting, And Fishing; With abstracts from the game laws of great britain and ireland. With the most approved methods of breeding, curing, and managing all sorts of cattle; Particularly Oxen, Cows, Deer, Sheep, And Hogs. The Method Of Preventing The Scab Among Sheep, With A Radical Cure IF Infected. The Method Of Procuring Early Lambs. With an improved mode of docking, nicking, cropping, and breaking colts. Directions for Breeding, Training, and Managing Dogs, Hawks, Cocks, Doves, Pigeons, Singing-Birds, &c. With a new and interesting Description Of All The Traps, Nets, Engines, Baits, And Magical Contrivances, for taking birds, and all sorts of game, alive; and for destroying vermin of every kind that annoy poultry, or infest the farmer's yard. The whole comprized under one alphabetical arrangement, and each article explained under its proper name. Compiled from the latest discoveries, and improved by many years real practice and observation. By William Augustus Osbaldiston, Esq. Embellished with forty-two elegant copper-plates, adapted to each subject.
Osbaldiston, William Augustus.Date: [1795?]
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The gentleman's jockey, and approved farrier. Instructing in the natures, causes, and cures, of all diseases incident to horses. With An Exact and Easie Method of Breeding, Buying, Dieting, and otherwise Ordering, all Sorts of Horses, as well for Common and Ordinary Use, as the Heats and Course. With divers other curiosities, collected by the long Practice, Experience, and Pains, of J.H. Esq; Matthew Hodson, Mr. Holled, Mr. Willis, Mr. Robinson, Mr. Holden, Thomas Empson, Mr. Roper, Mr. Medcalf, and Nath. Shaw.
Date: 1704
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The compleat horseman and expert ferrier : In two bookes. The first, shewing the best manner of breeding good horses, with their choyce, nature, riding and dyeting ... The second, directing the most exact and approved manner how to know and cure all maladies and diseases in horses ... dedicated to his most Excellent Majestie, by Thomas de Gray Esquire.
De Grey, ThomasDate: 1639
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The compleat horseman and expert ferrier : In two bookes. The first, shewing the best manner of breeding good horses, with their choyce, nature, riding and dyeting ... The second, directing the most exact and approved manner how to know and cure all maladies and diseases in horses ... dedicated to his most Excellent Majestie, by Thomas de Gray Esquire.
De Grey, ThomasDate: 1639
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A manual for the use of coachmen, grooms, ostlers, and all persons concerned in the care and management of horses; being a selection of near three hundred receipts for the several disorders to which that noble animal is subject. Together with some General Observations, and an Index.
Date: 1799
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Every farmer his own farrier: or The best Methods of preventing and curing the Injuries and Diseases of that truly serviceable Creature a Horse: Laid down in A different Manner from what has hitherto appeared on this Subject: Chiefly from Cases and Facts; And performed by the cheapest Ingredients. By William Ellis, Late a Farmer at Little Gaddesden, near Hempstead, in Hertfordshire: Author of the Modern Husbandman, and other Works.
Ellis, William, approximately 1700-1758.Date: 1759
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I, John Marshall, Commanding Officer of the Northwich Yeomanry Cavalry, do hereby certify, in pursuance of an act, passed in the fortieth year of the reign of his present Majesty, entitled, "An act for indemnifying persons serving in volunteer corps who have omitted to tak out certificates for wearing hair powder, ...
Great Britain. Army. Northwich Yeomanry Cavalry.Date: [1800?]
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The compleat horseman: Discovering the surest marks of the beauty, goodness, faults, and imperfections of Horses: The signs and causes of their diseases, the true method both of their preservation, and cure: with reflections on the regular and preposterous use of bleeding and purging. Also the art of shoeing, with the several kinds of shoes adapted to the various defects of bad feet, and the preservation of good. Together with the best method of breeding colts, backing them, and making their mouths, &c. By the Sieur de Solleysell, querry to the French King for his Great Horses, and one of the Royal Academy of Paris. To which is added, a most excellent supplement of riding, collected from the best authors. With an alphabetical catalogue of all the physical simples in English, French, and Latin. Made English from the eighth edition of the original. By Sir William Hope, Kt. deputy-lieutenant of the castle of Edinburgh. The whole illustrated with copper cuts curiously engrav'd.
Solleysel, Jacques de, 1617-1680.Date: 1717
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The gentleman's accomplish'd jockey: with the compleat horseman, and approved farrier. Containing, I. The excellent Constitution and Temper of Horses, Mares and Colts; the Manner of Breeding them, with their proper Feed, and Management for all Exercises. II. The Compleat Jockey's Method for Dieting, Physicking, and Ordering, the Race Horse, so as to be fit for any Match: Certain Rules for buying good Horses, and preventing Impositions and Cheats. III. Various Ways for making of Stars, Blazes, and Marks in the Fore-Head, or any Part of the Horse's Body, with other Curiosities, &c. IV. The Farrier's Master-Piece, in knowing the several Causes and Cures of all Distempers, Sores, Wounds, Bruises, and Hurts, incident to Horses; with an excellent Praxis, whereby any one may easily know how and when to Physick, Bleed, Purge, Rowel, Dock, Shoe, and Shape their Horses, being some peculiar Observations not before made publick. By G.M. Gent.
Markham, Gervase, 1568?-1637.Date: 1722
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The compleat horseman and expert ferrier : In two bookes. The first, shewing the best manner of breeding good horses, with their choyce, nature, riding and dyeting ... The second, directing the most exact and approved manner how to know and cure all maladies and diseases in horses ... dedicated to his most Excellent Majestie, by Thomas de Gray Esquire.
De Grey, ThomasDate: 1639
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The compleat horseman: or, perfect farrier. In two parts. Part I. Discovering the surest Marks of the Beauty, Goodness, Faults, and Imperfections of Horses; the best Method of Breeding and Backing of Colts, making their Mouths, Buying, Dieting, and otherwise ordering of Horses. The Art of Shoeing, with the several Sorts of Shoes, adapted to the various Defects of Bad Feet, and the Preservation of Good. The Art of Riding and managing the Great Horse, &c. Part II. Contains the Signs and Causes of their Diseases, with the true Method of Curing them. Written in French by the Sieur de Solleysel, Querry to the late King of France, and one of the Royal Academy of Paris. Abridged from the folio done into English by Sir William Hope. With the addition of several excellent receipts, by our best farriers; and Directions to the Buyers and Sellers of Horses.
Solleysel, Jacques de, 1617-1680.Date: 1717
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The farrier's and horseman's complete dictionary: containing the art of farriery in all its branches; With whatever relates to the Manage, and to the Knowledge, Breeding, Feeding, and Dieting of Horses; as delivered by the best writers upon these subjects. By Thomas Wallis, Surgeon.
Wallis, Thomas, surgeon.Date: M.DCC.LXXV. [1775]
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A guide to the perfect knowledge of horses: Wherein Every thing necessary for the Choice, Management and Preservation of that Noble and Useful Animal are clearly laid down. To which is added a treatise of the stud, and instructions for buying foreign horses, With their Characters and Properties: being the result of the long experience of that able master, M. de Saunier, Riding-Master, and Director of the Academy at Leyden, and published under the Inspection of the learned Boerhaave. With copper plates, Elegantly Engraved, Shewing the Seat of the several Diseases incident to Horses. Also a Copious Index, Of the General Matters treated of in the Book; the Diseases and Remedies.
Saunier, Jean de.Date: 1769
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The compleat horse-man, and expert ferrier : In two books. The first, shewing the best manner of breeding good horses, with their choice, nature, riding and dieting, as well for running as hunting, and how the rider ought to behave himself in the breaking and riding of colts; as also teaching the groom and keeper his true office, touching the horses and colts committed to his charge; and prescribing the best manner how a perfect stable ought to be situated and made; not heretofore so fully described by any. The second, directing the most exact and approved manner how to know and cure all maladies and diseases in horses: a work containing the secrets and best skill belonging either to ferrier, or horse-leach: the cures placed alphabetically; with hundreds of medicines never before imprinted in any author. Published at the earnest request of sundry noble and worthy gentlemen, for the general good and benefit of the nation. By Thomas de Gray, Esquire.
De Grey, ThomasDate: 1684
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The gentleman and farmer's guide for the increase and improvement of cattle, viz. lambs, sheep, hogs, calves, cows, oxen. Also the best manner of breeding, and breaking horses, both for sport and burden: with an account of their respective distempers, and the most approved medicines for the cure of them. Also some observations on the many benefits of the woollen manufactures of Great-Britain, and the great advantages arising from hides, tallow, &c. Illustrated with copper plates. The second edition. By R. Bradley, professor of botany in the University of Cambridge, and F.R.S.
Bradley, Richard, 1688-1732.Date: 1732
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The country-man's guide : or plain directions for ordering. Curing. Breeding choice, use, and feeding. Of horses, cows, sheep, hoggs, &c. Adorn'd with sculptuers, shewing the proper places in the bodies of the said several beasts, where the said distempers do usually happen. Published for the publick good, by W.W.
Winstanley, William, 1628?-1698Date: 1679
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The experienced farrier, or, Farring compleated : In two books physical and chyrurgical. Bringing pleasure to the gentleman, and profit to the countrey-man. ... For here is contained every thing that belongs to a true horse-man, groom, farrier or horse-leach, viz. breeding; the manner how, the season when, ... and what are fit for generation; the feeder, rider, keeper, ambler and buyer; as also the making of several precious drinks, suppositories, balls, purgations, ... and directions how to use them for all inward and outward diseases. Also the paring and shooing of all manner of hoofes, ... The prices and vertues of most of the principal drugs, both simple and compound belonging to farring, ... also a large table of the virtues of most simples set down alphabetically, and many hundreds of simples placed one after another, for the cure of all ... diseases, ... with many new receipts of excellent use and value; never yet printed before in any author. By E.R. Gent.
E. R., GentDate: 1681
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The Gentleman or Traveller's pocket-farrier, and horesman's tutor. Directing how a horse should be used on a journey. Together with proper remedies for such misfortunes as may befall him on the road. Likewise some useful directions towards the chusing and buying of horses. As also, certain rules to know the age of any horse; with instructions whereby the buyer may (if carefully observ'd) prevent being impos'd upon (as they too frequently are) by jockies and dealers. To which are added, several curious and very necessary observations, and the most proper and valuable receipts from the best authors: together with a true description of the farein amd gladers, worthy to be taken notice of by all lovers of horses.
Date: Printed in the year 1735
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Letter II. To the freemen of Alnwick. My good friends and brethren, I told you in my first and introductory letter, that I believed I could let you a little into the reason of the four and twenty's not being favoured with any answer from the great man to their proposals for the division and improvement of the ...r, and at the same titue frame a sort of an apology for him. ...
Richardson, Robert, junior, Clerk to the Council.Date: 1781]
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Six letters on excise, and particularly on the act passed in 1789, for subjecting the manufacturers of and dealers in tobacco and snuff to the laws of excise.
Date: Printed in the year 1790
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Stolen or strayed, On Tuesday Morning last, From the Stable of W. Daviss, Marsh-Side, Edmonton, a Black Horse, sixteen hands high, long rat tail, with a star in his face, a little red Hair behind his near Ear, Two white Heels behind, and both Shoulders sore. - -- Whoever will bring the said horse to W. Daviss, as above, shall receive a reward of one guinea.
Daviss, W.Date: [1799]
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The Gentleman's practical farrier: Or, The traveller's pocket companion. In which I. Short and concise rules are laid down for the choice of a horse. II. The proper management of him on a journey is clearly pointed out. III. The easiest, cheapest, and most expeditious method of remedying the several accidents and disorders that may befal him on the road, is given. And, IV. The mistaken notions and injudicious practices of professed farriers are fully exposed. The whole intended to enable every person to judge for himself of the disorders of his horse, on a journey more especially; and to prevent his being imposed upon by the ignorance or obstinacy of common farriers. A work founded on thirty years experience.
Date: MDCCLXI. [1761]
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The gentleman and farmer's guide for the increase and improvement cattle, viz. lambs, sheep, hogs, calves, cows, oxen, &c. Also the best manner of breeding, and breaking horses, both for sport and burden: with an account of their respective distempers, and the most approved medicines for their cure. Also, observations on the many benefits of the woollen manufactures of Great-Britain, and the great advantages arising from hides, tallow, &c. Illustrated with copper plates. The third edition. By R. Bradley, professor of botany in the University of Cambridge, and F.R.S.
Bradley, Richard, 1688-1732.Date: 1739
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Practical farriery; Or, The complete directory, in whatever relates to the food, management, and cure of diseases incident to horses. The whole alphabetically digested, and illustrated with copper-plates. By John Blunt, surgeon, at Leominster, Herefordshire.
Blunt, John.Date: MDCCLXXIII. [1773]
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The experienc'd farrier, or, A compleat treatise of horsemanship : in two books, physical and chyrurgical : fitted to the use not only of gentlemen, but of all farriers, grooms, jockeys and breeders of horses : with directions for the choice of all stallions and mares, their shapes and colours, as shewing wherein that curiosity doth consist : with the virtue of drugs, both simple and compound, appertaining to farrying and where you may buy them, with a large alphabetical table of most simples for the cure of all inward and outward diseases / by E.R., Gent.
E. R., GentDate: 1691/2