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Those horses passing under the denomi- 

 nation of hunters^ but more particularly the 

 common cvos^e^ iov roadsters and Aacfe, cau 

 by no means prove so generally profitable, 

 when all contingencies are taken into consi- 

 deration ; the length of time they are obliged 

 to be kept on hand and maintained, (till at 

 least four years old (with the unfavourable 

 changes they may probably undergo before 

 they can be brought to the ultimate market 

 of emolument most applicable to their dif- 

 ferent qualifications, render the whole a mat- 

 ter of much greater uncertainty than with 

 horses of the preceding description ; for the 

 unavoidable difficulties of cuttino-, breakino\ 

 backing, docking, and nicking, render them 

 serious operations, the success^ of which can- 

 not be ascertained without encounterins: a 

 chance of misfortune or failure to injure the 

 subject and affect his value. 



l:»5"otwithstanding these considerations are 

 intended for general application, it must be 

 remembered they will ever remain subject to 

 the different degrees of success, arising from 

 the variety of circumstances already explain- 

 ed. Counties, as I have before remarked^. 



