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men, or that "noblest animal in the creation" (as he 

 has been styled), the horse, I will only add to the motto, 

 " Floreat sclentia" the heartfelt aspiration, " esto perpe- 

 tuaT — May it flourish till time shall be no more! And 

 now, in proceeding with my comments upon the manner 

 in which I would see it conducted (a work commenced 

 originally for my own occupation during the leisure 

 hours of summer), let me say that, if I should be the 

 humble means of awakening the attention of any one 

 individual to the real interests, or tend in the slightest 

 degree towards the promotion of that sport to which 

 I have been addicted from my cradle, with which 1 have 

 been for the last eight years most intimately connected, 

 and to which (apart from higher considerations) I must 

 ever remain devoted, I shall have gained my end. 



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