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practice of the most eminent dealer in the 

 kingdom, who is annually accumulating a 

 very considerable fortune by the constant 

 transfer of equestrian property in its in- 

 fancy, rather than encounter the incredible 

 expense and anxiety of a stud in training, 

 the glorious uncertainty of the turf, the un- 

 bounded insolence of the necessary depen- 

 dents, and the immaculate purify of those to 

 whom your honour and property must be 

 eventually intrusted, as will be more fully 

 explained when the subject comes again 

 under consideration^, towards the conclusion 

 of the work. 



Concluding, therefore, this class of breed- 

 ers to derive the greatest pecuniary advan- 

 tage from their increase of stock, by con- 

 verting it expeditiously into cash with so 

 little trouble, expense, and inconvenience, 

 it is not matter of surprize that the rage for 

 blood and pedigree should be daily increas- 

 ing, (and likely to continue so) though the 

 palpable effect of '^training on a?id training 

 off/' annually dissipates and reduces to hu-' 

 miliating indigence some of the most prince- 

 ly fortunes in this and the neighbouring 



