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for the present, will, by degrees, communicate 

 them ail. 



In reverting to the external points of per- 

 fection in a horse, we particularly recommend 

 a close observance of the rules that have been 

 suggested. They will at least assist the judge- 

 ment of the inexperienced, who purchase from 

 the stud of a dealer, against whom it is a kind 

 of duty to guard them; for horse-dealers, in 

 general, are a class of men that we cannot 

 compliment for their integrity. It were the 

 height of injustice, however, to imagine that 

 they all deserve the character that is imputed 

 to them, for we could mention many excep- 

 tions. 



The four most essential objects of our care 

 are, the head, the feet, the back, and the knees. 

 Though it seldom happen that all these mem- 

 bers are to' be met with, as perfectly as we 

 could wish them, in one horse, yet it is proper 

 that those which are selected either for the ar- 

 my or for pleasure should possess them to a 

 certain extent. The spirit, which demonstrates 

 itself even in the features, cannot be dispensed 

 with; for without it, neither satisfaction nor 

 service may be expected. So much depends 



