BREEDING. 65 



The general defpondency before-rhen- 

 tioned, refpediing the furvivor, is not to be 

 juftified where the foal is of value adequate 

 to the -trouble; nor indeed to be neglected 

 upon the fcore of humanity^ when unremit- 

 ting induftry and perfeverance can {o readily 

 furnifli an artificial fubftitute for nnaternal 

 care and nutrition. It may be naturally con- 

 cluded I allude to the great probability (and 

 in forrc cafes certainty) of bringing the foal 

 up by hand ; a remarkable inftance of which 

 becomes immediately applicable, in the per- 

 fed; recolled:lon of a horfe bred by his late 

 Royal Highnefs, William, Duke of Cumber- 

 land, that at his death became the property 

 of the celebrated Captain O'Kelly, and in 

 the fucceffive poffeffion of both, for a feries 

 of years, won more ^/Vr-^/zi-Z^^r plates than 

 any other horfe in the kingdom. 



The fact was exaftly thus : the colt being 

 the firft foal of a young mare that had been 

 taken into the brood ftud without training, 

 upon the produce of which his Royal High-, 

 nefs had formed great exped:ations, it proved 

 matter of much furprife and difappointment 

 (being totally repugnant to the reciprocal af- 



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