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appropriate to ; for instance, horses bred with 

 strength for draft, or with speed for the 

 chase, are so directly opposite in some part of 

 iheiv shape, and the whole of their requisites, 

 that ivhat constitutes perfections for the 

 one, displays an absolute deficiency for 

 the other. 



Hence arises the inconsistency of bring- 

 ing cross-bred heavy horses into the chase,, 

 where their own weight, and want of ac^- 

 tion, lay the foundation of their deficiency : 

 for in hard or long running they be- 

 come inevitably exhausted, and frequently 

 fall victims to the imprudent perseverance 

 of their riders. Those juvenile or inat- 

 tentive sportsmen, whose experience has 

 been exceedingly limited, or observations 

 confined, may not yet be perfectly convinced 

 that Blood Horses (notwithstanding the 

 popular clamour of their deficiency in 

 bone) will exceed in speed, strength, and 

 bottom, whatever horses of an opposite de- 

 scription may be brought into the field ; 

 and of this fact I am so exceedingly well 

 convinced by experimental observation and 

 unremitting attention; that in a long chase 



