BREEDING. il 



Jng four or five years for the fruit of their ex- 

 pectation to attain perfection, the prodigy has 

 been unavoidably doomed to the drudgery 

 of a butcher's tray, or the market cart of 

 some industrious mechanic. 



To this description of breeders, who are 

 continually promoting the propagation of 

 the species, without a single consistent idea, 

 or relative consideration to the necessary re- 

 quisites of country and keepy or qualifications 

 of sire and dam, (with an additional pre-* 

 possession in favour of certain ridiculous 

 crosses) are we indebted for the infinity of 

 horses annually produced in almost every 

 f improper J part of the kingdom, that from, 

 want of shape, make, bone, size, and strength 

 are of no proportional value to the expense 

 tliey have occasioned ; they can pass under 

 no distinct denomination, are applicable to 

 no particular purpose, but become an ex- 

 pensive burden to the owners, who, too fre- 

 quently fond of their own production, fix au 

 imaginary value upon their imperfections, and 

 year after year permit them to consume food 

 and fodder that might evidently be appro- 



