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SIR JOHN LADE, BART. 



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THE very distingui$hed character and 

 eminent situation you support in the sport^ 

 trig world, to the great pleasure and admira- 

 tion of those who surround you in the Jield^ 

 and accompany you in the chase, will, in the 

 opinion of every experienced sportsman, 

 sufficiently justify the consistency and pro- 

 priety of inscribing to you this earnest en- 

 deavour to rescue from the frequent and 

 dreadful effects of stabularian ignorance 

 and EMPIRICAL confidence^ the future ease^ 

 safety, and preservation^ of an animal that not 

 only constitutes to every sportsman one of 

 the noblest blessings in life, but, in the splen* 



