12 OBSERVATIONS. 



- It has been hitherto cuftomary, in the in- 

 trodudory part of trads upon this fubjeft, to 

 enlpxrge upon the fhape, make, figure, and qua- 

 lifications, of a horfe for the turf, field, road. 

 Sec. x^nd all this might be very applicable 

 and proper, even 7iow eould we for a moment 

 fuppofe that a fportfman does not know a 

 HORSE from an ass, or that a gentleman at- 

 tends a re:iofitory, fair, market, or fale, with 

 ^ book in his hand^ or his pocket, by way of 

 remembrancer. Exclufive of this confider- 

 ation, in the prefent ftage of refinement, we 

 are become fo truly enlightened, that every 

 juvenile devotee to Diana^ who has juft efcap- 

 ed from the tender anxiety of his mamma^ and 

 the fuccefsful attention of his tutor ^ talks loudly 

 and cox^fidently of the ^^ full eye^' '' fmall ear^* 

 '^ deep eke/};' '' clofe fillet:' " fi^ort hack;' 

 ^^ firQ?2g paftern;" Joiind hoof;' &c. In (hort, 

 all thofe qualifications that are at prefent uni- 

 verfally underftood, and in conftant requeft, 

 by the bcft judges, are very hard to obtain; 

 and it is by no means an uncommon thing to 

 obf-rve a horfe with very few* good points, in 

 the poficiTion of thofe we are apt to believe 

 (from a combination of circumllances) have 



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