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as possible, to those that are ivell-bred, or, in 

 other words, such as come the nearest in pe- 

 di2;ree, symmetry, fashion, and apparent 

 strength to those in constant use for the turf, 

 bearing the denomination and figure of 

 BLOOD HORSES, as most edequate in speed 

 and durabihty [termed bottom) to lono; and 

 severe chases with fleet hounds, or^in deep 

 countries ; under which horses of ah inferior 

 description so frequently sink for want of 

 that constitutional stamen or inherent forti- 

 tude, that horses of high pedigrees are so 

 eminently know^n to possess. 



From this established and incontrovertible 

 fact, we are naturally induced to introduce a 

 few oblique remarks upon the very necessary 

 qualification of " Bone ;" so fashionably and 

 eternally echoed and transmitted (in eques- 

 trian inspection) from one affected puppy to 

 another, that they seem to have anticipated, 

 our rather premeditated, the inexpressible 

 pleasure of discovering w^hat they call '^ a 

 xvant of hone ' in the horses of o/Aer^, that they 

 unluckily seldom or ever perceive in their 

 own. These curious observers (mere pre- 

 tenders to judgment) never condescend ta 



