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a respectful distance. Of this superior order were Flying Childers and 

 Eclipse, the greatest striders, as well as the swiftest animals of which 

 nature has hitherto exhibited an example. But great striders often 

 over-reach themselves; their hinder quarters do not follow with sufli- 

 cient energy, they loiter upon the ground, and lose time whilst cover- 

 ing space. Such will always be beaten by the more active Horse, with 

 a moderate reach : the superiority of the latter, indeed, is matter of 

 calculation, his greater number of strokes, in the end, covering a greater 

 quantity of ground in the same period of time. Daisy-cutters are those 

 which go with the knees so straight and extended, that they skim along 

 the ground, shaving the surface with their hoofs, and if they are the 

 truest rac,ei:s, they are ,ohyi9usly th,e least calculated for any other pur- 

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