The gentleman's compleat jockey
Subtitle: with the perfect horseman, and experienc'd farrier. Containing, I. The nature of horses; their breeding, feeding and management in all paces, to fit them for war, racing, travel, hunting, or other recreations and advantages. II. The true method, with proper rules and directions to order, diet and physick the running-horse, to bring him to any match, or race, with success. III. The methods to buy horses, and prevent being cheated; noting the particular marks of the good and bad horses, in all their circumstances. IV. How to make blazes, stars and snips: to fatten a horse with little charge, and to make him lively and lovely. V. The whole art of a farrier, in curing all diseases, griefs and sorrances incident to horses; with their symptoms and causes. VI. The methods of shooing, blooding, roweling, purging, and prevention of diseases, and many other things, from long experience and approved practice. by A. S. gent
Contributors: Speed, Adolphus, fl. 1652-1659
Series: Early English books, 1641-1700 -- 2040:19
Publisher: printed for Henry Nelme, at the Leg and Star, over-against the Royal Exchange in Cornhil
Published: 1697
Place of publication: London
Language: eng
Format: Microformleather bound
Number of pages: 164
Subjects: Horsemanship -- Early works to 1800
Genres: Early works to 1800
Other titles: Gentleman's compleat jockey: with the perfect horseman and farrier; Compleat horseman: or, True art of horsemanship, in all its parts and perfections
Notes: Wrongly ascribed to Adolphus Speed

Contains engraved frontispiece depicting the anatomy of a horse

Caption title on p. 1 reads: The gentleman's compleat jockey: with the perfect horseman and farrier

Caption title on p. 23 reads: The compleat horseman: or, True art of horsemanship, in all its parts and perfections; .

With four final contents leaves and 2 final advertisement leaves

Tightly bound; some print show-through

Reproduction of the original in the British Library

Wing (2nd ed.) S5

Microfilm. Ann Arbor, Mich. : UMI, 1990. 1 microfilm reel ; 35 mm. (Early English books, 1641-1700 ; 2040:19).