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trolled right of pcrfevering in his own de- 

 Gifion; but prefiiming on the talk I have un- 

 dertaken, I confcientioufly recommend a 

 proper examination to difcover the ftate of the 

 "wind, fpavins, curbs, tendency to cracks or 

 greafcy bad conformation of thej^^/, as corns, 

 thrulh, or long and narrow heeled hoofs, 

 either of all which would furniih fufncient 

 foundation to prejudice me againft him as a 

 Jire, however well I might be pleafed with 

 his other moft promifing perfections. 



Thefe cafual blemifhes or hereditary de- 

 fe<fts being carefully avoided, we come to an 

 inquiry of much greater confequence, the in- 

 attention to which has been prodiiftive of 

 more difappointment and vexation to the 

 before- defcribed clafs of unthinking breeders, 

 than perhaps any other part of their incon- 

 fiftency. Oppofite opinions will always be the 

 fupport of two diftind: clailcs, the right and 

 the wrong ; for while one party afl'erts (^from 

 experience and obfervation) the great ha- 

 zard and certain danger of breeding from a 

 blifid Jiallioriy the other, "from innate objfti- 

 nacy or afFefted fuperiority of penetration, 

 is determined to encounter fuch indifcretion 

 I upon' 



