534 MOLTEN GREASE. 



ful servant the great danger of over-ridings 

 ^driving, or fatiguing, any horse whatever be- 

 yond the line of prudence and consistency, 

 when not in high condition for the service 

 he maybe engaged in, whether turf, field, or 

 road. Let it be constantly held in remem- 

 brance, more horses are ruined and destroy- 

 ed by cruelty and neglect than by chance or 

 accident. The subject we now treat on 

 proves (more than atiy other) the absolute ne- 

 cessity of insuring condition previous to 

 a course of constant business ; this must b^ 

 obtained by a proper removal of those im- 

 purities or viscidities that lay the foundatron of 

 what the lineal descendants from Vulcan 

 have, time out of mind, denommated hu-^ 

 mours. 



That process, when first taken up from 

 grass, or too full of flesh, is particularly ex- 

 plained under the heads oi feeding, bleedings 

 nnd putgiyig, in the early part of this work; 

 including instructions that cannot be too 

 much respected or persevered in, by those 

 who wish to produce their horses at all timesy 

 in such style (for services of difficulty or 

 danger) as has long been the source of eques- 



