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fyftematic care and rational mode of ma- 

 nagement, a few months perhaps makes him 

 one of the befl: and moft valuable horfes 

 in the kingdom. 



This is a circumftance that happens fa 

 very conftantly in the equeftrian fludluntion 

 of fortune, and the aflertion fo repeatedly 

 juftified by ocular demonftration and prac- 

 tical experience, that I ftand not in the 

 leaft fear of a contrariety of opinions uppn 

 fo confpicuous a part of the fubjedt. 



The ill effeds of the ftable treatment 

 we have hitherto defcribed, would be ftill 

 more injurious did high feeding conftitute a 

 part of the fyftem we prefume to condemn ; 

 hut a fu per -abundance of food is what I by 

 no means place to the inconjijlency of the 

 account. Prudence (divefted oi f elf -inter eji) 

 powerfully prompts the parties concerned, 

 to perceive the ahfurdiiy of over-feeding 

 horfes whofe ftate fo little requires it. Sta-^ 

 ble keepers are not fo deftitute of pene- 

 tration, as to be taught by me, the folly 

 of feeding horfes that *' don't work'* Oats 

 are not only unneceffary but fuferfluous ; hay 



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