( vi ) . 



reflc<5bs rays of additional honour, but whofe judg- 

 ment, equeftrian knowledge, and pradcical experi- 

 ence, jointly eftablifh a criterion of equity that will 

 ever render the author invulnerable to the barbed and 

 envenomed arrows of menfirual criticijm. 



The rapid circulation of T E N large impreflions 

 has forcibly influenced the author to make fuch addi- 

 tions and improvements as will, he has every reafon 

 to believe, render it of ftill greater utility y by the in- 

 trodudion of many ufeful obfervations for the f refer- 

 nation of health and -promotion of conditiony as well as 

 the treatment and cure of difeafe. 



The proper m.z.mgtmzvi\. oi draft horjes is more 

 particularly attended to ; their blemifhes and defedls 

 are in many inflances evidently accounted for \ and 

 the modes of prevention, in general, clearly pointed 

 out. Several efficacious prefcriptions are likewife 

 added, and a variety of ufeful inftrudions introduced, 

 for the diftin6t and feparate information of metropo- 

 litan jockiesy juvenile pur chafer Sy and inexperienced fportf- 

 men; with very interefting hints for the purpofes of 

 buying and felling, including (among many other 

 ilriking and advantageous particulars) a fuperficial 

 furvey of that immaculate mart of integrity — A Mo- 

 dern Repofitory* 



PREFACE. 



