t BREEDING, 



to be considered the delusive effect of spe-* 

 dilative rumination, but the result of long 

 personal experience and attentive observation 

 among horses in my own possession, from 

 brood mares and colts to every description,^ 

 whether for the Turf, Field, Road, or Draft, 



Although some of the subjects upon which 

 we proceed to treat, may have been slightly 

 mentioned by writers who have gone before 

 lis, it is generally known to have been in so 

 superficial and unconnected a way, that 

 little information or instruction could be at 

 all gleaned from their endeavours ; a few 

 loose hints upon each having been digres- 

 sively obtruded, or indiscriminately intro- 

 duced, amidst topics to which they did not 

 bear the least allusion, and from whence 

 conclusions of tlie smallest utility could never 

 be drawn. 



These errors it has heeti the principal de^ 

 s'ign to correct, by reducing to distinct head^,^ 

 all such observations and remarks as const!.- 

 tute the body of the work, and are intendecj 

 as incentives to general improvement upoft 

 the great variety of subjects we shall eiit- 



