so FEEDING. 



to secure the horse in a state of health and 

 condition, fit for the immediate purpose to 

 which he may be destined. To produce him 

 at all times really for the turf, fields or road, 

 becomes necessarily the complete style of 

 cleanliness^ dressings exercise, and various mi- 

 nutiae, that constitute the present perfect 

 state of stable discipline ; Avhicli never arose 

 to so high a pitch of exceilence, and can 

 have originated oi)ly in a laudable emulation, 

 that seems (by a kind of sympathetic inspira- 

 tion or enthusiasm) to have taken possession 

 of every groom in stables of repute, and ren- 

 ders unnecessary the most trifling observa- 

 tions upon this ceremony, where the horses 

 are thought worthy the attention of master 



or MAN. 



And it is equally so in respect to the ar- 

 ticles of yborf. Horses are as often out of 

 condition (in inferior stables) from the effect 

 of improper food as from natural diseases.' 

 Respecting the most proper food to a horse 

 in health, no diversity of opinions can be 

 supported by fools or madmen. 



Experience, that inevitable touchstone of 



