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BREAKING AND TRAINING. 



tells the cordition of the organ. Frequent repetition of this result upon 

 the delicate structures of growing life appears to be an antiquated cus- 

 tom, which modern civilization should immediately abolish. It is not 

 prudent in man to hazard the injury of his most valuable possession, 

 when he simply intends to render the animal better suited for his service. 

 Gentlemen no longer delight to disport on "the grand horse;" neither 

 is it esteemed any part of a liberal education to exhibit an ability to sit 

 in the "high saddle." It is, then, impossible to understand the motive 

 which reconciles the present generation to an injurious form, the inten- 

 tion of which was exploded many years ago. No direct result appears 

 to favor of habit. The people who profess to "break in" colts may 

 vaunt their capabilities; but the author cannot remember the quad- 

 rupeds which, by force or cunning, however unscrupulously employed, 

 had been in any degree improved. On the contrary, he has seen several, 

 and has heard of more animals, which are reputed to have been injured 

 by having been improperly "broken." 



dBOULAB PRACTIOE. AS ILLUSTBATED B? A FORMER DUKE OF NEWCASTLE. 



The horse is the most patient servant intrusted to mortality. Man 

 can only spoil, when he essays to amend the perfection of Heaven's gift. 



