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justified me in a former opinion, that nu- 

 merous injuries are sustained, and ills in- 

 flicted upon horses of gentlemen, by the ha- 

 zardous experiments of grooms and servants ; 

 who piquing themselves upon heterogeneous 

 and self-planned compositions or obsolete 

 prescriptions, increase danger or promote 

 destruction without detection. And what 

 renders the business a matter of more serious 

 consideration, is the unaccountable obsti- 

 nacy, pride, and stabularian consequence (of 

 all other the most disgusting) annexed to 

 their affected knoxdedge and physical pc7ie- 

 tration. Too ignorant to be convinced, and 

 too rude to become subservient, expostula- 

 tion or explanation can hold no weight in the 

 scale of conversation ; consequently no re- 

 formation can be expected in such infernal 

 gystem of domestic deception and destructive 

 quackery, unless gentlemen, for the promo- 

 tion of their own interest and the safety of 

 their studs, will condescend to exert their 

 authority, and abolish a custom, in the en- 

 couragement or permission of which they 

 are so materially injured. To the establish- 

 ment of this fact, a numerous catalogue of 

 most substantial proofc are within my own 



