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^^vhile they have no claim to originality, are at 

 least such as cannot be too frequently enforced; 

 and such as, if properly attended to, will ef- 

 fectually prevent (as far as possibility c?in pre- 

 vent) the disappointments and vexations that so 

 often attend immaturity. It ^ has not been 

 thought necessary to enlarge, in a very exten- 

 sive degree, en a subject which has been the 

 theme of more able talents ; it is an humble 

 attempt to reduce to precision those points, a 

 •.iowkdge of v/hich may not be unacceptable 

 to those who require it. 



Yv'ith all the advantages, hov/ever, of expe- 

 rience and science, the judgem.ent may some- 

 times be deceived : nor is it in the power of 

 human foresight to guard against vicissitude. 

 In matters of this kind, then, much must be 

 left to chance; but the rules of probable recti- 

 tude, if closely adhered to, will obviate, in a 

 great measure, the effects of^casualty. 



The constitutions of horses are as various as 

 those of t!ie human species, and the pov/ers of 

 art have been exerted to a great extent in de- 

 fining the nature and causes of the numicrous 

 diseases to which they are liable. The per- 

 fection to which the researches of some emi- 



