BREEDING, 9 



to the formal ion of points so very desirable, 

 in objects of such tedious expectation, and 

 no little anxiety, before their merits or de- 

 ficiencies could 'be at ail satisfactorily ascer- 

 tained. To avoid the accusation or even 

 suspicion of intentional repetition, the unin- 

 formed reader is referred for an investigation 

 of nutriment^ its process and effects, to Vol. I. 

 of the Stable directory, under the arti- 

 cle oi feeding, surfeit, and mange, where he 

 may collect every information he can possibly 

 require upon the subject. 



Those who succeed best, and render the 

 business of breeding a matter of emolument, 

 are evidently gmtlemen, graziers, or farmers 

 who adhere plosely to the plan of producing 

 a distinct stock for either the turf, field, or 

 drift, by a direct systematic union of the re- 

 quisite qualifications in both sire and dam, 

 without tailing into the erroneous opinion of 

 forming an excellent hunter from a blood 

 horse and cart mare; with similar chanoes 

 eternall}^ ringing by those who fall into the 

 egregious mistake of expecting that an equal 

 partition of qualities, from both sire and 

 dam, will be so critically blended, as to 



