Buying A Horse - Hints And Tips From 1751

Having recently been lent an original copy of the ?Treatise on the Diseases of Horses? written by William Gibson, Surgeon, in 1751, it has been interesting to compare horse lore then to now. This article looks at one of the early chapters. Some pictures from the book are reproduced at http://www.limebrook.com/1751horselore.html
Written in the old English manner with ?f?s instead of ?s?, it does not make easy reading, but it is fascinating, not least in the fact that little seems to have changed in the last 300 years of our relationship with horses. The chapter on ?Such Faults and Defect as ought chiefly to be avoided in buying of Horses? does not read very differently to the advice to be found in any horse magazine or book today!
The author opens with the sta View the rest of this article