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lump, for the fage reafons aforefaid; and I 

 have actually known twelve ftone chofen in 

 preference to nine. But I fubmit it to fporting 

 men, whether it confift with reafon to exclude 

 the general principle in this cafe, or whether 

 weight can poffibly be without its exacl: (hare 

 of confequence, in a pace which fometimes 

 equals the rate of iw T enty-five miles per hour. 

 For my own part, I am perfectly fatisfied on 

 this head, not only from theory, but repeated 

 experience ; and can affure thofe, who wifh to 

 profit by trotting matches, that they will find 

 their account, in paying due attention to the 

 weight they put on horfe-back. Let the fportf- 

 man beware, how he makes his match in the 

 winter feafon, when the roads are deep and 

 heavy ; and, if made in fummer, the proper 

 time for a trotting race is early in the morning, 

 when the leaft impediment will be experienced 

 from traffic. 



Colt-breaking has not that attention 

 among us, which its importance demands. 

 There is a general want of well-qualified men 

 in this way, as w T ell as of good farriers. Our 

 chance-medley breeders either break their horfes 

 themfelves, or commit it to perfons equally ig- 

 norant ; whence the number of our Garroons, 

 the breed and education of which are fo well 

 matched. 



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