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TioN; under the influence of thefe predo- 

 minant fads, I have long fince adopted a cer- 

 tain ' invariable mode of aifpofal that I con- 

 fcientioufly recommend, to prevent difgrace 

 on one fide, or diffatisfadion on the other. 



My method is equally concife and deci- 

 five; if the horfe is unequivocally sound, 

 I am perfectly content to warrant him fo^ 

 even upon oath if required, to the hour of 

 DELIVERY, but not a Jingle hour beyond it ; 

 for let it be held in memory, he is as liable 

 to become lame, difeafed^ or a fubjed: of dif- 

 Jolution, in that very hour, as in any other 

 of his life. I am equally willing to fliow 

 all his paces with hounds, or on the road, 

 (according to his appropriation) but not 

 mounted by a pranger, of whofe qualifica- 

 tions in riding I know as little as he does of 

 my horfe in temper and action ; and confe- 

 quently, from a want of congeniality between 

 the natural difpofition of cne, and corre- 

 fpondiog pliability of the other, the horfc 

 might be fhown to palpable difadvantage. 

 For it may be relied on, and accepted as a 

 certain fait, that almofl every hgrfe will move 



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