OBSERVATIONS. 17 



tigating his properties; thereby efcaping bad 

 ad:ion, lamenefs, ftarting, reftivenefs, and other 

 incidental imperfedlions. He tlicn moft atten- 

 tively proceeds to the more minute and necef- 

 fary examination of the ftate of the eyes^ windy 

 knees,fplentSjfpavif2s, windgalls, 7'tngbones, quit^ 

 torSy cracks ov greafe: defcending laftly to the 

 Jeety thereby avoiding r^r;7j, running thrufi, can- 

 ker^ and additional defed:s that yOung and in- 

 experienced purchafers frequently fuppofe un- 

 worthy confideration or reflection, facrificing 

 the v^hole at the fhrine di figure 2i)iAfaJkion, 



In the choice and purchafe of a horfe, felecfted 

 for ^whatever purpofe, it is an invariable and 

 eftabliihed cuftom w^ith the beft judges to come 

 as near the following points and advantages as 

 circumftances will permit, thereby gaining Jn 

 each an additional ftep to the fummit of per- 

 feftion. For the defired or intended height, 

 fize, and figure, being afcertained and pro- 

 cured, all other neceffaiy points fo ftridlly cor- 

 refpond (in a certain degree of uniformity) that 

 what gi\t^ /peed ^ndifirength to a large horfe, 

 will proportionably contribute fimilar advan- 

 tai^es to a fmaller. 



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