3i6 HUNTERS. 



Appropriate to ; for inftance, horfes bred with 

 ftrength for draft, or with fpeed for the 

 chace, are fo direcSly oppofite in fome part of 

 their Jhape^ and the whole of their requifiteSy 

 that what conftitutes perfed:ions for the one, 

 difplays an abfolutc deficiency for the other. 



Hence arifes the inconfiftency of bring- 

 ing crofs-bred heavy horfes into the chace, 

 where their own weight, and want of ac- 

 tion, lay the foundation of their defici- 

 ency : for in hard or long running they be- 

 come inevitably exhaufted, and frequently 

 fall vidims to the imprudent perfeverance 

 of their riders. Thofe juvenile or inat- 

 tentive fportfmen, whofe experience has 

 been exceedingly limited, or obfervations 

 confined, may not yet be perfectly convinced 

 that Blood Horses (notwithftanding the 

 popular clamour of their deficiency ir^ 

 bone) will exceed in fpeed, firength, and 

 botiomy whatever horfes of an oppofite de- 

 fcription may be brought into the field j 

 and of this fad: I am fo exceedingly well 

 convinced by experimental obfervation and 

 unremitting attention, that in a long chace 



with 



