400 T U R F. 



For my own part, I am decifively and 

 experimentally convinced, no man in mo- 

 derate circumltances, who cannot aflfbrd a 

 daily proftitiition of property for the in- 

 cefTant gratification of dependent iliarks on 

 one hand, and the perpetual fupply of de- 

 ceptive villains on the other, can never ex- 

 ped: to become the winner of match, 

 PLATE, or SWEEPSTAKES, unlcfs he hap- 

 pily poffeffes the means and lituation to go 

 through the bufinefs of training under his 

 own roof, and riding his own horfe ; or fix- 

 ing firm reliance upon fome faithful do- 

 meftic properly qualified, totally uncon- 

 nected with the contaminating crew, whofe 

 condud: we have fo accurately delineated, 

 without an additional ray of exaggeration* 

 But as my declaration of proof colledled 

 from EXPERIMENTAL CONVICTION, may 

 not be generally accepted as fufficiently 

 authentic, without fome more powerful 

 evidence than bare fuperficial aflertion, I 

 mufl beg permiffion to conclude thefe ob- 

 fervations, upon the prcfent ftate and va- 

 rious impofitions of the turf, with the, 

 communication of a few perfonal occur- 

 rences, that I doubt not will contribute 

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