26 BREEDING. 



kingdom, of Ireland, where the thirfl: for 

 equeftrian pre-eminence is equals if not 

 fuperhr to our own. 



The breed of horfes moft profitable to the 

 graziers and breeders of Lincoln, Leicefter, 

 Northampton, and fome few other counties, 

 adapted by nature to the purpofe, are pro- 

 bably the old Englilh black draft horfes, fo 

 remarkable for their bone, ftrength, and 

 hardinefs of conftitution : thefe, from their 

 great fize, beauty, and uniformity, become to 

 every curious obferver, objedls of lingular 

 attraction ; their wonderful power in bufinefs 

 renders them in general requeft, and the 

 breed is cultivated with the ftrid:eft atten- 

 tion to correfponding points and perfedlions 

 in both iire and dam, little inferior to the 

 clafs laft treated on. Stallions of emi- 

 nence in the above counties are eftimated 

 at very confiderable fums, and frequently let 

 cut ta cover from one hundred to two hun- 

 dred guineas for the feafon ; the flock gene- 

 rally comes into gentle ufe at two years old, 

 or under, and when brought to a good fize 

 in proper time, frequently fetch from thirty 

 to fifty guineas at two and three years old. 



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