Friday, April 21, 2023

Markham on Stallions, Amblers et al

Salvete Omnes, 

 


once upon a time in the early XVII century there was this English horse-writers Gervase Markham (died in 1637AD) - 

and being a gentleman, hoseman,  and a horse soldier he wrote a lot, after his career in the wars of his era, putting  his horse-related experiences to paper.

Thus from his book  The perfect horse-man. Or the experienced secrets of Mr. Markhams fifty years practice.,  1671 edition, there come these pages - on stallions and mares(he mentions Neapolitan, Turk, Spaniard, Barbary, Englis, Dutch, French or German[horses] and a Polish - as Polander - horse for breeding in England) and ambling among many other advice and observations.

You can read a copy at the Archive Library or google books or some other digital collection library out there. The pages I selected come from the Archive digital copy.

from the Chapter of the office of Breeder  





 


from the Chapter of the Office of Rider



the excerpts from the Chapter on ambling and training a horse to amble









more of Gervase Markham's writings in the future

Valete

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