EXERCISE. 247 



twenty-four cla3^s. . The more we investigate 

 this -business, the less satisfaction it will 

 afford to the parties more immediately in- 

 terested in the explanation ; particularly to 

 those whose situations in life, or profes- 

 sional avocations, leave them without an 

 alternative. 



After taking a retrospective view of the 

 '' Stabling'* already described, let it be 

 remembered, that what they call exercise 

 depends entirely upon the inclination and 

 convenience of the motley creio to whom 

 the management of the yard, and super- 

 intendance of the horses, are intrusted ; 

 these are a sort^ in general, selected as the 

 greatest adepts in falsehood and imposition, 

 best adapted to the convenient purposes of 

 the master, and the purified principles of a 

 stable-yard proficiency. When such exer- 

 cise is, however, corresponding wuth the 

 indination and convenience of the parties we 

 describe, observe in its manner how little 

 it is calculated to promote the very purposes 

 for which it is intended. 



The horse is brought in general from the 



