OBSERVATIONS. 1? 



m\d streno;fh ; collectincf sufficient information 

 from such observation, whether^ his qualifi- 

 cations are properly adapted to the purposes 

 of acquisition. He sees him go all his paces, 

 and forms his own opinion upon each ; or 

 perhaps more judiciously avoids every possi- 

 biUty of frick or deception, by riding the horse 

 and thoroughly investigating his proprietors; 

 therebyescaping bad action, lameness, start- 

 ing, restiveness^ and other incidental imper- 

 fections. He then most attentively proceeds 

 to the more minute and necessary examina- 

 tion of the state of the eijes, wind, knees, sphnfSy 

 spavins, zcindgalis, innghones, quittors, cracks, or 

 grease : descending lastly to the feet, thereby 

 avoiding cor;?-^, running thrush, catiker, and ad- 

 ditional defects that young and inexperienc- 

 ed purchasers frequently suppose unworthy 

 consideration or reflection, sacrificing the 

 whole at the shrine oijigure mid fashion. 



In the choice and purchase of a horse, se- 

 lected for whatever purpose, it is an invari- 

 able and established custom w^ith the best 

 judges to come as near the following points 

 and advantages as circumstances will permit, 

 thereby gaining in each an additional step'to 



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