SI4 HUNTERS' 



as pofiible, to thofc that are well-bred, or^ in 

 other words, fucji as come the neareft in pe-» 

 digree, fymmetry, falhion, and apparent 

 ilrength to thofe in conftant ufe for the turf, 

 bearing the denomination and figure of 

 ^Loop HORSES, as moft adequate in fpeed 

 and durability (termed bottom) to long and 

 fevere chaces with fleet hounds, or in deep 

 f:ountries ; under which horfes pf an inferior 

 defcription fo frequently link for want of that 

 conftitutional ftamina or inherent fortitude, 

 that horfes of high pedigrees are fo eminently- 

 known to poffefs. 



From this eftabliihed and incontrovertible 

 fail, we are naturally induced to introduce a 

 few oblique remarks upon the very neceffary 

 qualification of ** Bons ;" fo fafhionably and 

 eternally echoed and tranfmitted (in equef- 

 trian infpeftion) from one affecTied pyppy to 

 another; that they feem to have anticipated, 

 or rather premeditated, the inexprellible plea- 

 fure of difcovering what they call *' a. want 

 of bone'' in the horfes of others, that they. 

 unluckily feldom or ever perceive in their 

 <AV?i, Thefe curious obfervers, (mere pre- 

 tenders to judgment) never condefcend toi 



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