396 T U R F. 



It is not fo with thofe of inferior property 

 and iituation ; as may be plainly perceived 

 in the great number who become rotatio- 

 nally infeded with the experiment of train- 

 ing for one Jummer^ but never repeat it. 

 This is not at all to be wondered at, when 

 "we recoiled:, that after all the expence, 

 trouble, and anxiety, you have expofed 

 yourfelf to, for the very dijlant chance of 

 obtaining a fifty pound plate or two, with 

 various deductions, you are at iaft under 

 the unavoidable neceility of refigning the 

 bridle into the hands of a man, vyho m.ay 

 perhaps prove one of the greateji rafcals 

 among the groupe we have already defcribed. 

 For when thus feleded for fo important a 

 truft, it may fo happen, you have never feen 

 him before ; nor may he ever fee you again : 

 on. the contrary, he may be conneded with 

 a Ij It tie hoft of colleagues upon the courfe, 

 with whom he is perpetually concerned in 

 ads of reciprocal kmdncfs and joint depre- 

 dation. 



From fuch dangerous delegation, you can 

 form (upon rcfiedion) no hope of fuccefs; 

 unlefs your horfe, by the rider's endeavour 



to 



