4 BREEDING. 



stantly increasing circumspection, to int-* 

 prove (if possible) what absolutely appears 

 to have already reached the very summit of 

 perf-'^ction : it will be readily conceived I 

 allude to the almost incredible care and at- 

 tention bestowed upon the breed and ma- 

 nagement of our blood horses for the turf, at 

 this moment esteeme.d equal (if not supe- 

 rior) in speed, bottom, and discipline to any 

 other in the known world, particularly since 

 the fashionable ra^a for Arabians has so oTa.- 

 dually declined. 



Personal emulation amongst some of the 

 first characters in the three kingdoms for 

 near a century past (with the most unre- 

 mitting perseverance and practical experi- 

 ence of the subordinate classes, upon the ad- 

 vantageous crosses in bloody bone, shape, make, 

 and sfrengthj, has rendered Newmarket 

 not only the first seat of Equestrian cele- 

 brity, biit, to a breeder and sportsman^ one of 

 the most enchanting scenes the universe has 

 to produce. This part of the species hav- 

 ing, under such accumulated power and in- 

 dustry, attained the very pinnacle of pre- 

 eminence, nothing can be introduced to 



