30 FEEDING. 



where the horfes are thought worthy the at-* 



tention of master or man. 



And It is equally fo in refpeft to the articles 

 of food. Horfes are as often out of condition 

 (in inferior ftables) from the effecfl of improper 

 food as from natural difeafes. Refpeding the 

 moft proper food to a horfe in health, no di- 

 verfity of opinions can be fupported unlefs by 



FOOLS or MADMEN. 



Experience, that inevitable touchftone of 

 iruthy demonilrates, to an indifputable cer- 

 tainty, the acknowledged preference of y^r/;;^- 

 grafs in the field ; or fweet oatSy found beam, 

 2,i\A fragrant hay^ in the ftable ; to every other 

 article that imagination can invent or novelty 

 fupply. 



And here it becomes unavoidably neceflary 

 to introduce a circumftance that conftantly oc- 

 curs in the courfe of obfervation ^ at leaft to 

 thofe who, entering a multiplicity of ftables, 

 wi(h to enlarge their information or exercife 

 their judgment. How very common is it to 

 £nd a confultation held upon the appearance 

 of a* favourite horfe^, who, to the furprife of 



the 



