BUEEDING. ^5 



Ibreeders of such nice distinction, that will 

 possibly add weight or give force to so com- 

 plete a system of unsullied perfection : As 

 it is, however, generally admitted this syste- 

 ^latic knowledge is by no means universal, 

 such useful remarks and appertaining ob- 

 servations will be occasionally introduced 

 under this head, as will afford useful intel- 

 ligence or instruction to tliose who have 

 commenced breeders, without advert i g to 

 the qualifications or advantages absolutely 

 requisite for the successful management of 

 a breeding stud. 



Taking leave for the present of bloody 

 pedigree^ and fashion, we advert to the very 

 capital breed of real English hunters, and 

 beautiful draft or carriage horses, for which 

 the counties of York, Leicester, Lincoln, and 

 Northampton are so" deservedly famous ; they 

 are certainly entitled to take the lead of 

 every other county in the kingdom, not 

 more in tlie care and superiority of their 

 breed, than the consistency of their proceed- 

 ings to improve it. This preference, so 

 generally known and universally admitted, 

 will create no surprize wnen we recollect 



