The Sporting Dictionary and Rural Repository, Volume 2 (of 2): Of General Information upon Every Subject Appertaining to the Sports of the FieldTaplin, William
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The Sporting Dictionary and Rural Repository, Volume 2 (of 2): Of General Information upon Every Subject Appertaining to the Sports of the Field
Taplin, William
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With every established pack of fox-hounds there is seldom to be seen
less than _a brace_ of terriers; and, for the best of reasons, one is
generally larger and stronger than the other; in a small earth, where
one cannot enter, the other may. With the hounds, in endeavouring to
find, as well as during the chase, their exertions are incessant and
indefatigable; and although the fleet pack shall be carrying the scent
breast high at the top of their speed, these instinctive devotees to the
sport are seldom far behind them. When a fox is run to _earth_, it is
the province of the terrier to follow, and _lay at him_; as, by the
baying of one at the other, the ear will soon be informed, whether the
fox lays _deep_, or near the _surface_; and those who are employed in
digging him out, will be enabled and encouraged to proceed accordingly.
In fidelity, sagacity, courage, as well as the most incredible endurance
of fatigue and hunger, they are inferior to no one particular tribe of
the canine species.
THRUSHES—are defects in the centrical part of the frogs, which having,
by neglect, been permitted to get into a _rotten_ and _decayed_ state,
they ooze from the middle a most offensive acrid ichor; and this, unless
it is properly cleansed and counteracted, will continue to corrode the
parts underneath, till the foundation of the frog is totally destroyed.
It has been, and still is, too much the practice with the ignorant and
illiterate, to oppose the efforts of Nature, instead of rendering her
judicious and necessary assistance. VITRIOLIC solutions, VERDIGREASE,
and ALUM, are the favourite _infallibles_ with the common farrier, the
coachman, and the groom; but to those of more comprehensive minds, and
complying dispositions, perfect cleansings, with sponge and water,
followed by simple white wine vinegar, and compound tincture of myrrh,
will be found sufficient, if properly persevered in.
TIRING is so bad a quality in any horse, in fact, a circumstance so
little likely to occur, that, when it does happen, (unless by some
improper, cruel, or immoderate riding,) indisposition, or latent
internal defect, may be naturally looked to as the particular cause. In
all cases of this kind, bleeding, a cordial ball, a malt mash, and a
little nursing, seem the only means most likely to promote a speedy
restoration of strength and spirits.
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