12 OBSERVATION S. 



It his been hitherto cuftomciry, in the in- 

 trodudory part of tradls upon this fubjec!!:, to 

 enlarge upon the fliape, make, figure, and 

 quahications, of a horfe for the turf, field, 

 road &c. And all this might be very appli^ 

 cabl' and proper, eve7i noiv, could we for a mo- 

 mert fuppofe that a fportfman does not know 

 a lORSE from an ass, or that a gentleman 

 attends a repofitory, fair, market, or fale, with 

 a look in his hand or his pocket, by way of 

 renembrancer. Exclufive of this confideration, 

 in the prefent ftage of refinement, we are 

 become h truly enlightened, that every juve- 

 nle devotee to Diana, who has jufl efcaped 

 fiom the tender anxiety of his mamma and the 

 fuccefsflil attention of his tutor, talks loudly 

 snd confidently of the "///// eye,' ^'fmalleary* 

 '' deep ch£ji;' '' clofe fillet;' '' fiort back;* 

 *' /irong j^^ijicrn;' ^\foimd hoof;' &c. In fhort, 

 all thofe qualifications that are at prefent uni- 

 verfally uiderllood, and in conftant requeft, 

 by the beft judges, are very hard to obtain; 

 and it is bv no means an uncommon thing to 

 obferve a horfe with a very few good points, 

 7.n the poiiefiioii of thofe we arc apt to believe 

 (from a combination of circumftances) have 



