ere_ before
treated of; & for the _Carreere_, only take this: Let it not extend in
length above six-score yards, give your Horse warning before you start
him by the Bridle hand, and running full speed, stop him suddenly, firme
and close on his Buttock.

For the _Horse of Pleasure_, these following Lessons are to be learnt.
As first to _Bound aloft_, to do which: Trot him some sixteen yards,
then stop, and make him twice advance; then straighten your Bridle-hand;
then clap briskly both your Spurs even together to him, and he will
rise, though it may at first amaze him; if he does it, cherish him, and
repeat it often every day, till perfect.

Next to _Corvet_ and _Capriole_ are Motions of the same nature, and in
short are thus taught. Hollow the ground between two joyning Walls a
Horses Length, by the side of which put a strong smooth Post of the same
length from the Wall, and fasten at the Wall an Iron Ring over against
the Post: Thus done, ride into the hollow place, and fasten one of the
_Cavezan-Reins_ to the Post, and the other to the Ring; then cherish
him, and by the help of the Calves of your Legs, make him advance two or
three times; then pause, and Cherish him; make him advance again a dozen
times more, and then rest; double your Advancings, and repeat them till
it becomes habitual to him, to keep his _Ground_ certain, advance of an
_equall height_ before and behind, and observe a _due Time_ with the
motions of your Leggs. The Inequality of his advancing his hinder Legs,
is helpt by a Jerk on the Fillets by some body behind him with a Rod.

The laborious Motion of _going sideways_, being fitter for the
War-Horse, than the Horse for Pleasure, usefull for the avoiding a Blow
may come from an Enemy, I omit here, refering you to that.

Thus much for those material Lessons which the Rider ought to teach his
Horse for _War_ or _Pleasure_, and therefore I shall conclude this Head,
with this _Caveat_, _That in whatever Lesson your Horse is most
imperfect, begin and end with_; and remember, that _Exercise_ makes
things as it were natural; when _Desuetude_ is the forerunner of
Forgetfulness, and _Ignorance_ the Consequent of Both.

OF

Cock-fighting

I shall not enlarge on the praises of this Recreation, its _Nobleness_,
_Delight_, and _Simplicity_, devoyd of Cheat or Deceit, but what is most
material to our purpose succinctly declare. And herein let us first
observe the _Choice_ of a _Cock_ of the Game, dir