A 



TREATISE 



ON 



HORSES. 



INTRODUCTORY CHAPTER. 



SHOULD an apology be held neceffary, for 

 a new Treatife on Horfes, fince we already 

 poffefs fo many in our language, and feveral of 

 them of univerfally acknowledged excellence, 

 I beg leave to fubmit the following apologetical 

 reflections to the judgment of the enlightened 

 and impartial Reader. 



It is a common obfervation, of which I feel 

 it neceffary to aflume my fhare, that the Horfe, 

 of all animals the mod valuable, becaufe the 

 mod conducive to the ufe and enjoyment of 

 man, has been, from the earliefl times, confi- 

 dered as an object, deferving the mod fedulous 

 and benevolent attention in all civilized coun- 

 tries. That fuch obfervation will apply with 

 peculiar force to our own country, is evinced 

 by a race of Horfes adapted to every poflible 



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