ViU PREFACE. 



is no art or science that requires more Industry 

 and perseverance so render completej than that 

 v/hich has for its object the permanency of a 

 government, the resistance of ambition, and 

 the preservation of existence. But it is not 

 essential that the men alone of an army should 

 exhibit a warlike feature. To them belong, 

 .undoubtedly, the power to guide and to urge; 

 ,but independently of the necessity of good 

 qualities and a dignified appearance, there are 

 times when the energy, Hie power, and the 

 expedition of the horse are indispensable to 

 the accompHshment of an object. Too much 

 pains, therefore^ cannot be bestowed in select- 

 ing, for the use of the cavalry, such animak 

 as are, in every respect, qualified for the pur- 

 pose: and it is respectfully suggested, that the 

 maxims of choice recommende4 in the subse- 

 quent pages will be the means, not only of 

 introducing into the military ranks such horses 

 as are best adapted to the service, but of frus- 

 trating the infamy of those individuals who, 



