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servatlon of Bartlet, who seemed to think 

 it unavoidably necessary to omit a designed 

 part of his prescription at some times on ac- 

 count of the expense ; but I must confess, 

 in all my experience, I have obvserved, and 

 liappy I am to acknowledge it to the honour 

 of the sporting world at large, I never re- 

 member to have seen an instance of penury^ 

 or even hesitation in the article of expense, 

 where a horse has been in pain or danger. 



Havino* wne through the process univer- 

 sally established for getting horses into pro- 

 per condition, it becomes necessary to pro- 

 ceed to the long list of accidents and dis- 

 eases to w^hich they are subject : and to 

 introduce such medical system as (after a 

 gradual succession from generation to gene- 

 ration, and from grandsire to grandsire, in 

 the old style) has at length acquired a degree 

 of reformation and approbation, by the ex- 

 perimental rejection of the ancient botanical 

 practice, believed infallible ; and the innume- 

 rable discoveries made in the world of me- 

 dicine, by some of the most learned, judi- 

 cious, and enlightened characters in every 

 part of the globe. And where the applica- 

 tions of modern invention are introduced, as 



