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our prefent plan, but is entirely fubmitted to 

 thofe whofe immediate profeffion it is to be 

 moft clearly informed of; to the excellent 

 anatomical works of the above writers 1 refer 

 them for a completion of their ftudies, and 

 come to fdch a fyftem as it is abfolutely necef- 

 fary for every fportfman to underiland, that 

 lie may be not only enabled to prefcribe for his 

 own horfes upon emergencies, but to judge of 

 the propriety of their treatment when, by the 

 feverity of circumftances, jflibmitted to the 

 fuperintendence of others. 



Much multifarious matter has conftantly 

 been intorduced relative to the a^e of a horfe 

 by his mouth ; where (after all the obfervations 

 upon the fubjecft) it becomes an acknowledged 

 fid; by every writer, each fign is doubtful, and 

 liable to deception in the various arts and 

 defigns of the dealers, wlio, by engraving and 

 burning artificial marks in fome teeth, and 

 totally extrading (or beating out) others, ren- 

 der the horfe of znyfeeming age moft applicable 

 to their purpofe. And thefe faults cannot be 

 eafily difcovered but by grooms or judges who 

 are in the conftant habit and pradlice of making 



fuch remarks and obfervations. 



Nor 



