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lifications. To afcertain the whole of which, 

 no invariable rules can be laid down as an in- 

 fallible guide to certain perfedion ; for there are 

 many inftances of very well fhaped horfes hav- 

 ing proved indifferent goers, and others fo en* 

 tirely crofs made as to poifefs hardly a good 

 point, being equal in adion to fome of the 

 fineft figures in the kingdorh. Rules or in- 

 ftrudions thus liable to exception, (though they 

 are eftablifhed by cuftomj and in a great degree 

 juftified by experience), have yet fome claim 

 to contribution from the perfonal obfervation 

 and deliberate judgment of the purchafer3 for 

 furely it can require no extraordinary portioa 

 oi genius y or extent of penetration, to diftin- 

 guifh between *' 2l good goer' and a bad oncj if 

 fo, the adventurers may as probably ftand in 

 need of an inftrudor to point out the differ- 

 ence between a horfe and a mare. 



Notwithftanding thefe inftrudlons may con- 

 tribute to form the judgment of a juvenile 

 and inexperienced purchafer, yet he fhould 

 never attempt to obtain a high priced horfe 

 from the hammer of a modern repontory, 

 without the advantage of an afTiflant, perfeftly 

 adequate to the arduous talk of difcrimination. 

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