Cavalarice. Or the English horseman: contayning all the art of horsemanship, asmuch as is necessary for any man to vnderstand, whether hee be horse-breeder, horse-ryder, horse-hunter, horse-runner, horse-ambler, horse-farrier, horse-keeper, coachman, smith, or sadler. Together, with the discouery of the subtil trade or mystery of hors-coursers, and an explanation of the excellency of a horses vnderstanding / [Gervase Markham].

  • Markham, Gervase, 1568?-1637.
Date:
[1616]-1617
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Credit: Cavalarice. Or the English horseman: contayning all the art of horsemanship, asmuch as is necessary for any man to vnderstand, whether hee be horse-breeder, horse-ryder, horse-hunter, horse-runner, horse-ambler, horse-farrier, horse-keeper, coachman, smith, or sadler. Together, with the discouery of the subtil trade or mystery of hors-coursers, and an explanation of the excellency of a horses vnderstanding / [Gervase Markham]. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    ' ! 3° 7 he third d ook^. exercifeand cuftome, and keeping him euer within his winde,tbat whenfoeuer he ends gallopping, he may be in his bed ftrength ,&hauc alwayes a defire to do more then you will fuffer him;thus and by the rule of thefe ob- feruanons you thal hunt your horle til it be betwixt two and three of the clocke in the afternoone, at what time you fhall couple vp your Hounds, and then conhder the eftate of your Horle, whether he haue had any great exercife or no;that is, whether he haue fweat any tning or nothing ( for to lweat exceeding much the firft day you mull by no meanes fuffer him)and if you find he haue fweat a little,then you (ball ride him gently home; but if he haue not fweat at all,then you thall vpon lome faire skelpe earth gallop him, till you make him fweat; butyou muftdoit fo gently,that you neither grieue him withthelabour, normake him defirethequickning of the fpurre in his gallopping, but that all he doth may be done as it were out of his own voluntary wil & courage. When you haue made him wet the harresthat are at the rootes of his cares, and fome few vpon his necke and flankewith fweat ( which are all theplacesyou mult at firft by any meanes make him fweat in ) then you fhall ride him gentlie home : and as loone as you are ligh¬ ted from his backe,you fhall caufe him to be fet vp in the ftable: then tying his head with the Bridle vp to the rack |wbere there mull neither be hay, nor any thing elfe) make two grooms at the lead, one of one fide the horfe5 and another of the other .with good (tore of frefh draw, which muft lie vnder him, rubbehishead and face firft, then aIlhisfoiKeIegges,theahis necke,body,belly,but- tockes,and generally eucrie part of the Horle, till they hauenotlefc about him anie onewet orfoulehaire, then let them vngird his gyrths., and take off his Saddle,