BREEDING- 5 



breeders of fuch nice diftinclion, that will 

 poflibly add weight, or give force to fo com- 

 plete a fyftem of unfuUied perfed:ion : As 

 it is, however, generally admitted this fyfte- 

 matic knowledge is by no means univerfal, 

 fuch ufeful remarks and appertaining ob- 

 fervations will be occafionally introduced 

 under this head, as will afford ufeful intel- 

 ligence or inftrucftion to thofe who have 

 commenced breeders, without adverting to 

 the qualifications or advantages abfolutely 

 requifite for the fuccefsful management of 

 a breeding ftud. 



Taking leave for the prefent of bloody 

 pedigree^ and fajhlon^ we advert to the very 

 capital breed of real Englifh hunters, and 

 beautiful draft or carriage horfes, for which 

 the counties of York, Leice/ier, Lincoln^ and 

 Northampt&n are fo defervedly famous ; they 

 are certainly entitled to take the lead of 

 every other county in the kingdom, not 

 more in the care and fuperiority of their 

 breed, th'hn the confiftency of their pro- 

 ceedings to improve it. This preference, 

 lo generally known and univerfally admitted, 

 will create no furprife when we recoiled: 

 B 3 how 



