BREEDING. 9 



to the formation of points fo very defirabie, 

 in objed:s of fiich tedious expeftation, and 

 no little anxiety, before their merits or de- 

 ficiencies could be at all fatisfa6torily afcer- 

 tained. To avoid the accufation or even 

 fufpicion of intentional repetition, the unin- 

 formed reader is referred for an inveftiga- 

 tion of nutriment, its procefs and effed:s, to 

 Vol. L of the Stable Directory, under 

 the article of fee dingy furfeit^ and mange ^ 

 where he may colled: every information he 

 can poffibly require upon the fubjedl. 



Thofe who fucceed heft, and render the 

 bufinefs of breeding a matter of emolument, 

 are evidently gentlemen, graziers, ox farmers^ 

 who adhere clofely to the plan of producing 

 a diftind: ftock for either the turf, field, or 

 draft, by a dired: fyftematic union of the re- 

 quifite qualifications in both fire and dam, 

 without falling into the erroneous opinion 

 of forming an excellent hunter from a blood 

 horfe and cart mare ; v;ith fimilar changes 

 eternally ringing by thofe who fall into the 

 egregious miftake, of expeding that an equal 

 partition of qualities from both fire and 

 dam, will be fo critically blended, as to 



conftitute 



