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prafticc of the moft eminent dealer in the 

 kingdom, who is annually accumulating a 

 very confiderable fortune by the conftant 

 transfer of equeftrian property in its in- 

 fancy, rather than encounter the incredible 

 expence and anxiety of a ftud in training, 

 the glorious uncertainty of the turf, the un- 

 bounded infolence of the neceflary depen- 

 dents, and the hnmactilate -purity of thoie to 

 whom your honour and property mull be 

 eventually intrufted, as will be more fully- 

 explained when the fubjecl comes again 

 under confideration, towards the conclufioa 

 of the work. 



Concluding, therefore, this clafs of breed- 

 ers to derive the greateft pecuniary advan- 

 tage from their increafe of flock, by con- 

 verting it expeditioufly into cafli with io 

 little trouble, expence, and inconvenience, 

 it is not matter of furprife that the rage for 

 blood and pedigree lliould be daily increaf- 

 ing, (and likely to continue fo) though the 

 palpable effedl of *' training on, and training 

 off,^^ annually diffipates and reduces to 

 humiliating indigence fome of the moft 

 princely fortunes in this and the neighbouring 



kingdom 



