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itiflejh^ high in fpirits, zndifreJJj upon his legu 

 To be in this defirable ftate, if a young horfe, 

 and ftranger to hard work, may be readily ex- 

 pedled, and naturally concluded ; but, on the 

 contrary, where a horfe has been fubjea to a 

 proportion of duty, either on the turf, field, 

 or road, a great degree of good fortune muft 

 have attended him through all his journies, 

 not to have fufFered from fome one of the 

 many dangers to which he has been fo repeat- 

 edly expofed. By way therefore of introduc- 

 ing diredions for getting a horfe into condition, 

 it will be mod proper to fix the criterion of 

 commencement at that feafon when a hunter, 

 having had what is called a fummer's run, is 

 taken up with an intent to get him into pro- 

 per condition for the field. The horfe being 

 taken up, if he is free from lamenefs, and 

 there is no blemi(h, infirmity, or any other 

 obftacle, to forbid fuch proceedings, put him 

 firft upon a very moderate proportion of hay 

 and corn, and increafe it gradually, according 

 to the fize and conflitution. At the expiration 

 of three or four days, when the hard food 

 may naturally be fuppofed to have diflodged 

 ihe grafs, and fupplied its place, a proportion 

 of blood may be taken away according to the 



D fize. 



