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The Horse. 



TH E Horfe I take to be very neceiTary 

 furniture towards the pleafure of 

 Hunting; for though I have heard of won- 

 derful performances among boafting Foot- 

 men, I could never yet fee any creature on 

 two legs keep in with the Dogs. But as 

 every Groom, and moft Gentlemen, arc 

 well acquainted with the ufe, properties, 

 excellencies, and management of this noble 

 beaft, I fhall offer very little on this beaten 

 fubje(3: ; only let it be obferved, that not eve- 

 ry good and fleet Horfe is always a good 

 Hunter : for he may have ftrength and vi- 

 gour for a long journey, and yet not be able 

 to bear the fhocks and trainings of a chace; 

 another may be fwift enough to win a plate 

 on a fmooth turf, which yet will be crippled 

 or heart-broken by one Hare in February. 

 The right Hunter ought to have ftrength 

 without weight, courage without fire, fpeed 



without 



