barm, and bake it in great loaves.

With the coarser bread feed your runner in his resting days, and with the finer against the days of his exercise and greatest labour.

"The times of his feeding, upon the days of his rest, must be after his coming from water in the morning; an hour after mid-day; after his evening watering; and at ten o'clock at night. But upon his labouring days, two hours after he is thoroughly cold, outwardly and inwardly; afterwards as aforesaid.

Let his hay be dry and short; if it be sweet no matter how coarse it is, for if it be rough it will scour his teeth. As for the proportion of his food, I need not prescribe a quantity, since you must allow him according to the goodness or badness of his stomach.

"His exercise ought to be thrice a week, and it must be more or less according to the condition of his body; for if it be foul, exercise him moderately to break his grease; if clean, you may do as you think fit, having a care that you discourage him not, nor abate his mettle; and after every exercise give him that night, or the next morning, a scouring. The best I know of to purge a horse from all grease, glut, or filth whatever, is this: take three ounces of aniseeds, a dram and a half of carthamus, two drams of fenugreek-seed, and of brimstone an ounce and a half; beat all these to a fine powder, and searse them; then take of salad

oil somewhat more than a pint, a pound and a half of honey, and a pottle of white wine; then with fine. white meal, knead it well into a strong paste, and keep it by you; it will last a long time. When you use it, dissolve a ball thereof in a pail of fair water, and give it him to drink after exercise, in the dark, lest discolouring the water, the horse refuse to drink.

This is an excellent scouring, and a cure for all internal distempers.

"Now, after exercise, cool him a little abroad before you bring him home; then house him and litter him well, rubbing him with dry clothes till there be never a wet hair about him; then clothe and wisp him round.

"Here note, before you air your horse, it will be requisite to break a new egg into his mouth, for it will add to his wind. If he be fat, air him before sunrise and after sunset; but if lean, let him have as much comfort of the sun as you can. Coursing in his clothes sometimes to make him sweat is not irrequisite, so it be moderately done; but when without his clothes, let it be sharp and swift. Let his body be empty before he course; and to wash his tongue and nostrils with vinegar, ere you back him, is wholesome. Having coursed him, clothe him, after he hath taken breath, and ride him home gently.

"To be short, what is here defective in the right ordering of a race-horse, your own judgments may

easily supply. All that you have to do, is to be careful when you take him up, how to clothe him and dress him, when and how to feed and water, what and how much exercise is requisite, either by airing or by coursing, and his ordering after exercise, and what scourings are most requisite ; and that I may add a little more to your knowledge, and conclude this subject, take these general rules and instructions:

"1. Course not your horse hard at least four or five days before you run your match, lest the soreness of his limbs abate his speed.

"2. Except your horse be a foul feeder, muzzle him not above two or three nights before his match, and the night before his bloody courses.

"3. As you give your horse gentle courses, give him sharp ones too, that he may as well find comfort as displeasure therein.

"4. Upon the match day let your horse be empty, and that he take his rest undisturbed till you lead him out.

"5. Shoe your horse ever a day before you run him, that the pain of the hammers' knocks may be out of his feet.

"6. Saddle your horse on the race-day in the stable before you lead him forth, and fix both the pummel and the girths to his back and sides with shoemaker's wax, to prevent all dangers.

"7. Lead your horse to his course with all gentleness, and give him leave to smell of other

horses' dung, that thereby he may be enticed to stale, and empty his belly as he goes.

"8. Lastly, when you come to the place where you must start, first rub his limbs well, then uncloathe him, then take his back, and the word given, start him with all gentleness that may be, lest doing anything rashly, you choak him in his own wind.

"A race-horse ought to have all the finest shapes that may be, but above all things, he must be nimble, quick, and fiery, apt to fly with the least motion. Long shapes are tolerably good; for though they shew weakness, yet they assure speed. The best horse for this use, is the Arabian Barbary, or his bastard, not but Jennets are good, but the Turks much better.

Having laid you down all these advantages for the ordering of your racer, from his taking up, to the day of his running, I hope you will make such good use of them, that if upon an equal match, you should lay your money on the heels of your horse so ordered, he shall be so far from kicking away his master's stake, that the nimbleness of his feet shall make it double.

"I might here insert the many subtleties and tricks there are used in making a match; the craft of the betters, with the knavery of the riders; but that they are now too generally known, by the woful experience of too many racing-losers,"

CHAPTER IX.

Pedigrees and Performances of the most celebrated race-horses from Basto in 1703 up to Marske, (sire of Eclipse) in 1750, &c. &c.—Basto –Old Scar–Bay Bolton-Lamprie-Brocklesby Betty-Molley -Buck-hunter-Fox-Flying Childers - Bonny Black-Bartlett's Childers-Squirrel-Miss Neesham-Old Cartouch-Mr. Calvert's wager-Bald Charlotte-Crab-Hobgoblin-Fearnought-Starling -Partner-Young Cartouch-Little Partner-Miss Layton-Lath -Spanking Roger-Second Volunteer-All the horses "distanced," in a race at Maldon in 1738-Torismond-Moorcock-BabramLittle Driver-Silver Leg-Othello-Sampson-Mr. Cooper Thornhill's match against time, 213 miles in 11 hours, 33 minutes and 52 seconds-Match'em-Brilliant-Forester.

BASTO.-A brown horse, foaled in 1703, bred by Sir William Ramsden, Bart. of Byram, near Ferrybridge, Yorkshire ; and sold, when young, to the Duke of Devonshire. He was got by the Byerley Turk; his dam was called Bay Peg, a daughter of Leedes's Arabian, sire of Leedes and of the grandam of Childers. Basto's grandam

was out of a daughter of Mr. Leedes's Bald Peg, and got by old Spanker. Bald Peg, Basto's great grandam was bred by Lord General Fairfax, out of a mare of the same name, and got by his Lordship's Morocco barb.