The true method of dieting horses. Containing many curious and useful observations concerning their marks, colour and external shape; their temper and instinct; and how they are to be governed, so as to prevent accidents and diseases. The proper method of feeding suited to their age, strength and constitution ... Under which is likewise contain'd the right and proper exercise ... As also observations concerning the right ordering of troop horses, with a discourse of breeding, founded on the Duke of Newcastle's short method / [W. Gibson].

  • Gibson, W. (William), 1680?-1750.
Date:
1726
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Credit: The true method of dieting horses. Containing many curious and useful observations concerning their marks, colour and external shape; their temper and instinct; and how they are to be governed, so as to prevent accidents and diseases. The proper method of feeding suited to their age, strength and constitution ... Under which is likewise contain'd the right and proper exercise ... As also observations concerning the right ordering of troop horses, with a discourse of breeding, founded on the Duke of Newcastle's short method / [W. Gibson]. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    The following Lett? st from Sir William Hope to the Author, was Puhlijhed at the Defire of the Bookfeller. 5 I Received with great Satisfaction, your Farrier's DifpenfatoryJ in the Dedication of which you was pleafed to pafs a Compli¬ ment upon me, I am fenfible I do not deferve. Since the Works of my old Riding-Maf- ter the Sieur De Solleyfell were to be im¬ proved, they could not have fallen into a more judicious Hand. And as in your Farrier's New Guide, and this NewDifpen- fatory, you have fhewn your Skill and In¬ genious Method of Colle&ion, fo I doubt not but your Candor and Ingenuity will no lefs appear in your Third Volume when publilhed ; for then I believe there needs be nothing more on the Subject. And I may truly venture to fay of you, what a French Perfon of Quality once faid of the great Duke of Newcastle, when he faw him ride one of his fineft managed Horfes, Mon- feigneur, la Planche eft tiree, The Bridge is now drawn up, and there is none to come after you. If Farriers and Gentlemen would beftow but half that Pains in ftudying your ufeful Books,