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; wherein the pernicious Customs, which have obtain'd among many ignorant Grooms and other Pretenders to Horsemanship, are exposed, and their Errors carefully amended. Under which is likewise contain'd the Right and Proper Exercise, necessary not only in the above-mentioned respects, but apply'd to the most usual Services required of Horses, whether those for Travelling and Labour, those for the Manage, or those for Pleasure. As Also Observations concerning the right ordering of Troop-Horses, with a Discourse of Breeding, founded on the Duke of Newcastle's short Method; very necessary for the improving our Breed, and raising a Beautiful and Useful Race of Horses. By W. Gibson
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Format: | eBook |
Language: | English |
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London
printed for John Osborn and Tho. Longman, at the Ship in Pater-Noster-Row
1726, 1726
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Edition: | The second edition, corrected |
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Collection: | Eighteenth Century Collections Online / ECCO - Collection details see MPG.ReNa |
Item Description: | English Short Title Catalog, T94760. - Reproduction of original from British Library |
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Physical Description: | Online-Ressource ([2],iv,iv,[4],236,vip) 8° |