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ftantly fed in the ampleft manner. If you 

 occafionally lower his diet, you mud never 

 expecl: to ride gallantly, or to have your horfe 

 in full condition, or in a ftate that great exer- 

 tions may be made with impunity. Again, the 

 danger is equal with full feeding, and inade- 

 quate or irregular exercife. If your oeconomy 

 lead you to the faving (hift of hay only, be- 

 caufe your work is done, you endanger the 

 eyes and wind of your horfe. A plan of this 

 faving kind may be moft fafely executed where 

 is a run of good grafs ; but in that cafe hard 

 riding muft not form a part of it, nor high 

 condition be expefted. All horfes ridden, or 

 worked, upon this oeconomical and nicely 

 regulated plan, however well-fhaped and firmly 

 conftitutioned, will be occafionally liable to v 

 knock and cut their legs from weaknefs, be 

 throwing ofF their meat every mile or two, and 

 heaving at their flanks as if griped. In a word, 

 from middling feeding will refult middling 

 cafe, and middling performance. 



On this head, I am obliged to differ from 

 Mr. Clarke, for whofe opinion in all things, 

 wherein he appears to have had thorough 

 experience, I have great deference. In his cor- 

 rection (page 86, of the Treatife on the Pre- 

 vention of Dileafes) of Dr. Bracken, on a part 

 of the fubjecl of which the doftor was likely 

 to be fo confummate a judge, both as a phyfi- 



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