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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    <Tbeftxt<Bo oi{e. kauing the other fide whole and vntouched, morethea to make the fhooe ftand euenjas for the fhooe,it fhall be a very broad web,and looke of what (ide thehorle trea- deth moft,that fide of the fhooe fhall be a great dealc the higher,effid drilling the moft nailes into the ftrong fide of the hoofe St the feweft into the w-cake. It the horfes hoofes be oner hollow3you fhall pare away no part of the ball of the foote, but round about the omfide of the hoofe,euen from the top ofthe heele to the toe,yon fhal take away as much asyou can with conueniencie, andr make the hoofe more flat & leuel,as for the fhooe,it dial be in all points like the fhooe for the perfit hoofe,only a little flatter, Sc fomwhatlighter:butifthehorfes hoofes be all foale,hailing a broad frufh, you fhall then pare no part of it at a),but only to make the fhoe ftand cuen/or it ftands in need of al ftrength pofsible. As for the (hoe,the heeles fhal be made with extraordinary long fpunges,& thofcfpunges more broad and flat then comonly is vfed, both to bearevp his heels,& defend the weaknes. If the horfehaue ftrait and narrow heeles then the heeles muft be opened wel between the hoofe Sc tne frufh,that they may ftretch Sc fpread:& for the fhoe it lhall.be very light before Jmc the fpuges vpon the hinder parts flialalmoft meet Sc ioync toge-ther>thenailes fliould ftand forward, &thc fhoe muft war nothing of his due legth,but ifvour horfe either by pricking, flubbing or other mifehiefes, put out a faife quarter, you fnal then in paring his hoofe plainJioHow the faife quarter a li tie thought more then the reft ofthe hoofe,.& when you fet on the fhooe ^Ifo, you fhal make it byalitle hollowing to bearfo from the^ faife quarter,that the horfe in his treading may not prefl vpo any patt ofit.I haue feerifome thathaue made their