The gentlemans jockey, and approved farrier instructing in the natures, causes, and cures of all diseases incident to horses. With an exact and easie method of breeding, buying, dieting, and otherwise ordering all sorts of horses, as well for common and ordinary use, as the heats and course. With divers other curiosities collected by the long practice, experience and pains of J.H. Esquire, Matthew Hodson, Mr. Holled, Mr. Willis, Mr\ Robinson, Mr. Holden, Thomas Empson, Mr. Roper, Mr. Medcalf, and Nathaniel Shaw.

Observations for sickness and health.

THe first Observation therefore that I would arm your Keeper with all, is to discern sickness from health. As thus.

If you find in your Horse heaviness of coun∣tenance, extreme loosness, or extreme costiveness shortness of breath, lothing of meats, dull and imperfect eyes, rotten or dry cough, staring hair, or hair unnaturally discover'd, a staggering pace, frantick behaviour, yellowness of the eyes and skin; faint or cold sweat, extraordinary lying down or beating, or looking back at his

body, alteration of qualities and gestures, no casting his coat, leanness, hide-bound, and the like; all these are apparent signs of distempe∣rature or sickness.