BREEDING. 49 



grozvth, or the formation of flesh and bo?ic so 

 generally desirable. 



However hastily some part of the world 

 maybe inclined to decide, (as every observer 

 has a right to indulge his own opinion) there 

 can be no doubt but to the inconsiderate 

 practice of inadvertently leaving mares and 

 colts to subsist upon bare land, or barren 

 pastures, for the first summer, and a succes- 

 sive scene of poverty in the ensuing winter, 

 are we in some degree indebted for a propor- 

 tion of those horses I have before described, 

 as coaling under no denomination, applica- 

 ble to no particular purpose, never rising to 

 any considerable worth, and doing so little 

 credit to the breeder, that you can never 

 discover (if you were so inclined) from whence 

 they came, after they are once out of his 

 possession. 



In this mistaken notion and ridiculous sys- 

 tem of breeding fails every penurious aiid 

 77iercenary breeder, who, prompted by his 

 owm narrowness of disposition, affects to be- 

 lieve there is little or no difference between 

 filling and feeding, considering- a run ajhr 



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