e be _empty before you Course him_; and
it is wholesome to wash his Tongue and Nostrills with _Vinegar_, or
_piss_ in his Mouth, before you back him. And after his Exercise, cool
him before you come home, house, litter and rub him well and dry; then
cloath him, and give him after every Course a Scouring thus prepared.

_For scouring a Race Horse._

Take 20 _Raisins of the Sun_ stoned, 10. _Figgs_ slit in the midst,
boyle them till they be thick in a Pottle of Fair Water, mix it with
Powder of _Annis-Seeds_, _Lycoras_, and _Sugar-candy_, till it come to a
stiff Paste, make them into round Balls, roul them in Butter, and give
him three or four of them the next morning after his Course, and ride
him an hour after, and then set him up Warm. Or this may be preferred,
being both a Purge and a Restorative, a Cleanser and a Comforter, thus
prepared.

Take three Ounces of _Annis-Seeds_, six Drams of _Cummin-Seeds_, one
Dram and half of _Carthamus_, one Ounce and two Drams of
_Fennugreek-Seed_, one Ounce and half of _Brimstone_; Beat all these to
a fine Powder, and searse them; then take a Pint and two Ounces of
_Sallet Oyl_, a pint and half of _Honey_, and a Pottle of _White-wine_;
then with a sufficient Quantity of fine white Meal, knead and work all
well into a stiff Paste; keep it in a clean Cloath, for use. When
occasion requires, dissolve a Ball of it in a Pail of Water, and after
Exercise give it him to drink in the Dark, that he may not see the
Colour, and refuse it: If he does refuse, let Fasting force him to be of
another mind.

To conclude, those Instructions, which are enumerated by Mr. _Markham_,
I will give you in short before you run, and then away as fast as you
can.

_Course not your Horse hard four or five dayes before your Match, lest
you make his Limbs sore, and abate his Speed._

_Muzzle him not (except a foul Feeder) above two or three Nights before
the Race, and the Night before his bloody Courses._

_Give him sharp, as well as gentle, Courses on the Race he is to run._

_Shoe him a day before you run him._

_Let him be empty on the Match Day._

_Saddle him in the Stable, and fix to him the Girths and Pannel with
Shoo-makers Wax._

_Lead him with all Gentleness to his Course, and let him smell other
Horses Dung to provoke him to stale_, &c.

And Lastly, Being come to the starting place rub him well, uncloath him,
then take his Back, and the Word given, with all Gentleness and
Quietness pos