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ing '* ho one rule without an exception,^' is 

 fometimes verified ; and this even in the 

 firil blood Jiuds in the kingdom, where the 

 ftridtefl: attention to every confonant point 

 is fo rigidly perfevered in, that the leaft de- 

 viation from fymmetry, fpeed, and perfedlion 

 could hardly be believed, did not the refult 

 fo clearly demonftrate the frequency of the 

 faft. 



Extraordinary as fuch circumftance may 

 appear, it is certainly true that many of the 

 moil capital runners, when they have be- 

 come ftallions, feldom or ever begot a win- 

 ner, though the mares have been fele(^ed 

 with the greateft care as objects of equal 

 perfection. Thefe remain among the ab- 

 Itrufe recefies of nature, that will, perhaps, 

 ever continue unexplained ; we may there- 

 fore patiently adopt a fuppofition as a fubfti- 

 tute for difcovery, prefuming, ** io far fiiall 

 ye go, and no farther," is all that can be 

 advanced in elucidation of fuch a fubjeiS. 



In corroboration of this well-authen- 

 ticated affertion, great numbers might be 

 particularized of the prefent day, where the 



progeny 



