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dnd dam, without a single reference to their 

 different natural blemishes, defects, imperfec- 

 tions, or hereditary taints, of which many 

 may be frequently discovered by care and 

 the necessary circumspection. 



After the introduction of such remarks 

 as evidently tend to constitute the necessary 

 apology for, and prelude to, the undertaking, 

 it v/ill be naturally expected I should revert 

 to instructions that become immediately 

 worthy the attention of every young and in- 

 experienced breeder, who feels a desire to 

 excel ill liis stock from the motive of emu- 

 lation, amusement, or emolument. It has 

 been before hinted, that those succeed best 

 for either who propagate the different kinds 

 according to the distinct species of each, 

 whether for the Turf, Field, or Draft, witli- 

 out descending to the adoption of crosses 

 in themselves erroneous and seldom produc- 

 tive. 



In the present enormous price given for 

 horses of every denomination (universally 

 said and believed to be occasioned bv the 

 constant and unprecedented exportation of 



