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tion, such affection could not have been developed by the 

 whip or the spur of the jockey, but only by that 

 kind treatment which the author advocates. He is of 

 opinion, if, in addition to the May Shows, prizes were 

 offered for the best kept and most orderly arranged 

 stable, and judges appointed to visit and inspect the 

 stables of the competitors periodically during the year, 

 the owners of horses would find their animals better 

 attended to, and their stables more orderly kept and 

 economically managed. Fully impressed with these 

 views, he seriously appeals to noblemen, gentlemen, 

 agriculturalists, and others, to take this matter up, with 

 a view to something practical being done. 



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