OBSERVATIONS. IS 



JilletJ* '^ short back/' ^^ strong pasterri** ^' sound 

 hoof/' &c. In short, all those quaHfications 

 that are at present universally understood, 

 and in constant request, by the best judges, 

 are very hard to obtain ; and it is by no 

 means an uncommon thing to observe a horse 

 with a very few good points, in the posses- 

 sion of those we are apt to believe (from a 

 combination of circumstances) have it in their 

 power to be much better accommodated. 



Since the original publication of this work, 

 objections have been started to the above 

 mode of explanation, as not only too concise 

 for the magnitude of the subject, but equally 

 inadequate to the expectation of the young 

 and inexperienced, who became inquirers 

 more from the motive of information than 

 amusement : I shall endeavour to obviate that 

 disappointment, by entering more minutely 

 into the descriptive qualifications, and clearly 

 point out the advantages arising, from cir- 

 cumspection to juvenile adventurers in the 

 equestrian held of fortune. Exclusive of the 

 before-mentioned class of enlightened pupils, 

 who have improved their theoretic know- 

 ledge by practical experience and disposition 

 upon the well-worn hacks of Eton^ Oxford, 



