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He who examines the fliape of a colt by thefe rules, 

 feems to us to have the beft chance of getting a good 

 horfe ; one that is well-footed, well-bodied, llrong, 

 handfome, and large. And although it fometimes 

 happens that colts alter as they grow, yet we may, with 

 afTurance, rely upon our judgment formed upon thefe 

 obfervations ; for many more change from worfe to 

 better, than from better to worfe. 



CHAP. 11. 



Wl E will now proceed to the right method of 

 breaking a colt. Thofe who are appointed to 

 ferve in the cavalry among us, are men of large pro- 

 perty, and fuch as bear a confiderable part in the go- 

 vernment of the ftate ; and it is furely then much 

 more becoming the young men to attend to the good 

 management of themfelves, and the art of horfeman- 

 fhip; or, if they^nderftand that already, to continue to 

 exercife themfelves therein, without being profefled 

 riding-mafters ; while the old will be more properly 

 employed in ferving their families, friends, and coun- 

 try, either in its civil or military concerns. 



Thus it is plain, that whoever is of my opinion, in 

 this refpeft, will fend his colt * out to be broken; and, 



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* It is to be inferred from this expreflion, that in our author's time, 

 if not long before, there were certain perfons who profefled to break 



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