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At Mr Astleys Riding School next the white Horse Lambeth
Marsh. Gentlemen & Ladies are taught a true & perfect
seat on Horseback. There is no creature which yields so
much profit & pleasure as the Horse; and if he is made obed[ient]
to the hand & spur it is the chief thing that is aimed at
He undertakes to break the most vicious horse in the Kingdom
for the Road or Field, to stand Fire, Drums &c. & those inten
ded for Ladies to canter easy. his method between the
Jockey & Manage is peculiar to himself no Gentleman
need despair of being a complete Horseman that follows
his directions. having nine Years practiced in Lieut[enant] Gen[era]l
Elliotts regiment & some part of the time under the inspection
of Lord Pembroke, at his riding school at Wilton. his
terms are moderate, hours of riding from 6 till 2 oclock &
no longer as he performs Twenty different feats of activity
every Ev[enin]g at [xxxx] Six – Good Stabling with proper care
NB For half a guinea he makes known his method of learning
any horse to lay down at the Word of Command, and
defies any man to equal it for safety & ease
17 May 1768 Gar[x]
[xxxx] 19th
